Re: Feature Request: Show status of the stash in git status command
On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 06:12:28AM -0400, Samuel Lijin wrote:
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> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 4:25 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 06:46:18PM -0400, Houston Fortney wrote:
> >
> >> I sometimes forget about something that I stashed. It would be nice if
> >> the git status command would just say "There are x entries in the
> >> stash." It can say nothing if there is nothing stashed so it is
> >> usually not adding clutter.
> >
> > I think the clutter issue would depend on your workflow around stash.
> >
> > Some people carry tidbits in their stash for days or weeks. E.g., I
> > sometimes start on an idea and decide it's not worth pursuing (or more
> > likely, I post a snippet of a patch as a "how about this" to the mailing
> > list but don't plan on taking it further). Rather than run "git reset
> > --hard", I usually "git stash" the result. That means if I really do
> > decide I want it back, I can prowl through the stash list and find it.
> >
> > All of which is to say that if we had such a feature, it should probably
> > be optional. For some people it would be very useful, and for others it
> > would be a nuisance.
>
> Perhaps there should be a flag for this if it is implemented, say
> status.showStash?
Yes, that was what I was thinking.
-Peff
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>