Re: `git stash apply` deleted a random dir from my working copy

From: Stefan Monov <logixoul@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 3, 2016, 17:01 UTC
Message-ID: <CAJtFkWu1qf3xFg1-B-xVONOmqQZfJhe4+qAb4E3H2A5-st_2dw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAJtFkWsUL=9K=VGTDejE+4RR3HJevk+2aRAhUyf8-mDrqi5MRg@mail.gmail.com>

Actually, I just tried restoring my dir with `git pull origin clipping`, but that didn't restore it. So, besides the question "why did it get deleted", I'd like to ask "how do I restore it?", as well.

On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Stefan Monov <logixoul@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi.
>
> I just tried `git stash save` for the first time. It worked fine. Then
> I tried `git stash apply` and while my uncommitted changes were
> restored, another effect was that a random dir from the root of my
> working copy was deleted. I don't know why it chose that exact dir,
> there's lots of other dirs like it in the root.
>
> `git stash save` output and shortened `git stash apply` output are attached.
>
> Note: The dir that got deleted was a committed and pushed dir. It had
> no uncommitted local changes.
>
> It's not a huge problem, because there was no data loss - I can pull
> the deleted data back from the repo. But I'd still like to know why
> this problem happened.
>
> TIA, Stefan Monov