Re: [PATCH] Emit helpful status for accidental "git stash" save

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 22, 2007, 16:22 UTC
Message-ID: <7vmys2ya0l.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1198333369-17788-1-git-send-email-win@wincent.com>

Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com> writes:

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> diff --git a/git-stash.sh b/git-stash.sh
> index f16fd9c..a2f3723 100755
> --- a/git-stash.sh
> +++ b/git-stash.sh
> @@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ save_stash () {
>  
>  	git update-ref -m "$stash_msg" $ref_stash $w_commit ||
>  		die "Cannot save the current status"
> -	printf >&2 'Saved "%s"\n' "$stash_msg"
> +	printf >&2 'Saved working directory and index state "%s"\n' "$stash_msg"
> +	echo >&2 '(To restore them type "git stash apply")'
>  }
>  
>  have_stash () {

I like that "To restore them..." insn, and I like that this is much less invasive than anything we have seen during the discussion. But can we do this only for an accidental "git stash" not for a deliberate "git stash save"?