From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:13:54 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-gc: skip stashes when expiring reflogs
Message-ID: <7vzlpqza0t.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <6413041E-A64A-4BF4-9ECF-F7BFA5C1EAEF@wincent.com>

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.