git stash: status from current dir not top dir?

Hi,

git status shows paths relative to current directory, so it's possible to copy&paste them directly, even if you're in a subdirectory.

But "git stash apply" shows status from root of git repository. This is misleading because you can't copy and paste the paths.

I wonder if it's possible/better to change it so "git stash apply" shows status relative to directory from which it was executed?

OTOH "git commit" also shows paths relative to root. So maybe git status should be changed (hopefully no, because the relative paths are quite useful IMO).

This patch tries to fix git-stash.sh to show status relative to current directory. I can resend the patch with better commit message.

Example:

$ mkdir d && cd d && echo a > ../topfile && echo b > subfile && git add ..
$ git commit -m 1
[master (root-commit) 6935958] 1
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 d/subfile
 create mode 100644 topfile
$ echo x > ../topfile ; echo y > subfile 
$ git status
# On branch master
# Changes not staged for commit:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
#   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
#
#	modified:   subfile
#	modified:   ../topfile
#
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
$ git stash
Saved working directory and index state WIP on master: 6935958 1
HEAD is now at 6935958 1
$ git stash pop
# On branch master
# Changes not staged for commit:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
#   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
#
#	modified:   d/subfile
#	modified:   topfile
#
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
Dropped refs/stash@{0} (3c7c82dba01feed37c725a795116354f6e229d76)
$ git checkout -- topfile
error: pathspec 'd/topfile' did not match any file(s) known to git.

With the patch:

$ git stash pop # On branch master # Changes not staged for commit: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) # # modified: subfile # modified: ../topfile # no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") Dropped refs/stash@{0} (4a0f7bb0a3e2902ba9046686d457b1b8f1ade04c)

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From: Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:50:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] git stash: show status relative to currect directory

Signed-off-by: Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com>
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 git-stash.sh |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)