From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 21:42:16 GMT
Subject: Re: Interest in options for stash -k and -u by default
Message-ID: <7c895747-22a1-48f6-89ce-d518fbd32285@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <3470180e-2ef7-4393-9d32-92cd419727f5@gmail.com>

On Wed, Feb 7, 2024, at 21:59, Ricardo C wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> After some discussion on Mastodon[1], I decided to try my hand at creating
> configuration options that enable --keep-index and --include-untracked in
> git-stash by default. I have made a preliminary such patch[2], and some
> additional discussion[3] has encouraged me to try submitting it upstream.
>
> I am wondering whether this change is something that would even be considered
> for being accepted. The patch still needs some work (mainly documentation and
> tests), which I'd be happy to do if I knew there was upstream interest in this
> work.
>
> I would also appreciate feedback on the patch. Currently, it creates two
> separate options: stash.keepindex and stash.includeuntracked. These options
> set the default value of --keep-index and --include-untracked if not otherwise
> specified (e.g., --no-keep-index) and do not conflict with other options
> (e.g., --patch). More details are of course available in the source code[2].

The way I understand it:

• You already have a working implementation
• There already exists conventions for using config variables for
  defaults which then can be in turn overridden using the corresponding
  flags (the `--[no]-<flag>` pair)

So what’s the hold-up? :)

> I would also appreciate feedback on the patch.

That would be part of the patch series in any case.

-- 
Kristoffer Haugsbakk