Re: stash refuses to pop
Am 4/11/2012 16:21, schrieb Phillip Susi:
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> On 4/11/2012 1:58 AM, Johannes Sixt wrote:
>> You are trying to abuse git-stash, but it does not cooperate because it
>> was not designed to be abused ;-) git-stash is not intended as a generic
>> push-and-pop-my-changes work horse.
>
> In what way is using the documented -p switch abuse?
>> The purpose of git-stash is that you can "move away"
>
> Yes, and then move back.
This is abuse, if you haven't cleaned your worktree.
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>> That is, before you can think of applying a stash, you are expected to
>> have cleaned out your worktree.
>
> It is obvious that is the assumption that stash was originally made with,
> and it might make some sense if it always left the tree in a clean state,
> but it no longer makes sense given -p and how it can leave the tree in a
> not clean state.
You are misunderstanding. The intended workflow is:
stash -p
# ... test the remaining changes in isolation ...
commit -a
# now the worktree is clean
stash pop
-- Hannes
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>