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

From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 14, 2026, 20:08 UTC
Message-ID: <20260414200827.51072-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <d5a47638-545b-44b3-9da5-803c06b3f98a@gmail.com>

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> > +test_expect_success 'apply with custom conflict labels' '
> > +	git init conflict_labels &&
> > +	(
> 
> I'm still unclear why we're creating a new repository here. Our test 
> suite is slow enough already without each test spending time creating 
> its own repository. There doesn't seem to be anything here that requires 
> isolating the test in this way.

Yes, I want this too, but I had some problems to get it to work. Found a way now I think, but the cleanup is not 100% trivial (this is the only reason to run anything inside a new repo).

Harald

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