Re: git stash show doesn't show stashed untracked files
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> Git 1.7.7 introduced a very useful feature - stashing untracked files via "-u" option.
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> However, there is a problems with it:
> 'git stash show' doesn't show stashed untracked files.
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> # git version
> git version 1.7.7
> # touch untracked.txt
> # git stash save -u
> # git stash show // no output
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> If changes in tracked files are stashed along with untracked files, then only tracked changes are shown in "git stash show" output.
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> Moreover, if I have the same file in the working tree, I wouldn't be able to 'git stash pop':
> # git stash pop -v
> untracked.txt already exists, no checkout
> Could not restore untracked files from stash
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> In this case the only way to access the stashed content is to remove the tracked file and pop the stash again.
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