Re: "fatal: git-write-tree: error building trees" from `git stash`

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 27, 2012, 18:51 UTC
Message-ID: <7vsj6rl456.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1356631626.13818.126.camel@umgah.localdomain>

Alex Vandiver <alex@chmrr.net> writes:

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> Heya,
> I just ran into the following with `git stash`.  The set-up:
> ...
> $ git stash pop
> Auto-merging foo
> CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in foo
> Recorded preimage for 'foo'
>
> $ git stash
> foo: needs merge
> foo: needs merge
> foo: unmerged (aeaa7e5e87cf309a7368d5d92a71c1f9e6a8c9e7)
> foo: unmerged (a77fa514de2720c72c1a861de098595959a2c97a)
> foo: unmerged (4a622d2b991f1a19ba7be313a46dc6f03692cd0a)
> fatal: git-write-tree: error building trees
> Cannot save the current index state

This is totally expected, isn't it?

You do not save state in the middle of a conflict with "git stash" (instead, you would "git stash" away your own work in progress before you start operation that may create and leave conflicts).