Re: [PATCH] checkout: add --autostash option for branch switching

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Apr 11, 2026, 19:11 UTC
Message-ID: <20260411191103.GA774963@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20260411185109.37795-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com>

On Sat, Apr 11, 2026 at 08:51:09PM +0200, Harald Nordgren wrote:

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> > This tries to create a root-level ref called CHECKOUT_AUTOSTASH, which
> > violates the syntax rules given in gitglossary's "ref" entry:
> > 
> >   Ref names must either start with refs/ or be located in the root of
> >   the hierarchy. For the latter, their name must follow these rules:
> > 
> >     •   The name consists of only upper-case characters or underscores.
> > 
> >     •   The name ends with "_HEAD" or is equal to "HEAD".
> 
> 
> So maybe easiest is just to rename it to CHECKOUT_AUTOSTASH_HEAD?

Yeah, that is syntactically valid, if a mouthful. I can't offhand think of a shorter variant.

-Peff

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