Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-gc: skip stashes when expiring reflogs
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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- Jun 12, 2008, 20:51 UTC
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"Eric Raible" <raible@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote: >> Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com> writes: >> >>> So yes, branches _are_ better and more appropriate for long term >>> storage than stashes, but even so I don't think it's right for us to >>> risk throwing away information that the user explicitly stashed and >>> expected Git to look after for them. >> >> Yes, but for a limited amount of time. > > A limited amount of time? Why is that? Can you give a rationale which > at least addresses Wincent's points?
Perhaps
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/84665/focus=84670
The user explicitly asks to stash it for a while, where the definition of the "while" comes from reflog's retention period.