Re: Howto request: going home in the middle of something?

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 22, 2007, 11:32 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710221230130.25221@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <200710221044.24191.wielemak@science.uva.nl>

Hi,

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Jan Wielemaker wrote:

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> Thanks for the replies.	 I think I can live with something like this
> 
> 	<work, in the middle of something>
> 	$ git checkout -b home
> 	$ git commit
> 	$ git checkout master
> 	<arriving at home>
> 	$ git jan@work:repo fetch home:home	(using ssh)

You probably meant "git fetch jan@work:repo home:home".

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> 	$ git checkout home
> 	<continue editing>
> 	$ git commit --amend
> 	$ git checkout master
> 	$ git merge home
> 	$ git -d home
> 	$ git commit
> 	$ git push
> 	<arriving at work>
> 	$ git -d home
> 	$ git pull
> 
> Its still a bit many commands and you have to be aware what you are
> doing for quite a while, but it does provide one single clean commit
> message, doesn't change the shared repo until all is finished and allows
> to abandon all work without leaving traces.
> 
> Personally I'd be more happy with
> 
> 	<work, in the middle of something>
> 	$ git stash
> 	<arriving at home>
> 	$ git stash fetch jan@work{0}	(well, some sensible syntax)
> 	$ git stash apply
> 	<continue editing>
> 	$ git commit
> 	$ git push
> 	<arriving at work>
> 	$ git pull

Happily, that is already possible:  However, instead of

	git stash fetch jan@work{0}

you should say

	git fetch jan@work stash:stash

This will only fetch the last stash, but that is what you wanted anyway, right?

Ciao, Dscho

P.S.: Since you top-posted, I just ignored the mail you quoted, assuming that it was not relevant to your mail.