From: Yann Dirson Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:02:23 GMT Subject: [BUG] git stash refuses to save after "add -N" Message-ID: <54e098c45bffbf870bdfcee26b9ddecc.squirrel@intranet.linagora.com> $ echo foo > bar $ git add -N bar $ ./git --exec-path=$PWD stash save bar: not added yet fatal: git-write-tree: error building trees Cannot save the current index state Maybe it would require some magic in git-stash to detect/save/restore that particular state, or "just" to cause "add -N" to insert an empty file instead ? I suspect that second solution would not be particularly popular, but I don't find the 1st one very appealing, it just looks like breaking the whole idea behind git-stash :)