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Re: git-stash: RFC: Adopt the default behavior to other commands

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Dec 18, 2007, 22:13 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0712182211510.23902@racer.site>
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<20071218154211.GB12549@alea.gnuu.de>
Hi,
[please do not cull me from the Cc list, should you reply to this]
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, J?rg Sommer wrote:
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> Junio C Hamano schrieb am Mon 17. Dec, 16:31 (-0800):
> > Benoit Sigoure <tsuna@lrde.epita.fr> writes:
> > 
> > >> Benoit Sigoure <tsuna@lrde.epita.fr> writes:
> > >>
> > >>> ...  The current behavior of git stash is very
> > >>> dangerous ...
> > > ...
> > >> This is a plain FUD, isn't it?  The first Oops should not happen 
> > >> these days.
> > 
> > But the original point by Sebastian hasn't been answered.  He wanted 
> > to make the command list the stash without arguments.
> > 
> > This was discussed already in the early days of stash and there indeed 
> > was a suggestion to do so (I think I sided with that), but the users 
> > did not want it.  IIRC, the argument went like: "when I say 'stash', 
> > that is because I want a quick and immediate way to stash, and I do 
> > not want a list.  If I do not have to have a quick way, I would create 
> > a temporary commit on the current branch, or switch to a temporary 
> > branch and commit there."
> 
> When it should go quick why don't use an alias. git stash can print the 
> list and everyone who wants a quick stash can create an alias for this.
> 
> I vote for stash print the list, because I dropped in the pitfall.

And in a fresh clone, this list is empty, showing nothing at all. Leading the other half of the users to believe that the stash succeeded.

If stashing as the default operation of stash is ill-advised, showing the list is even more so.

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 21 of 33 in “git-stash: RFC: Adopt the default behavior to other commands”
  1. Sebastian HarlDec 17, 2007
  2. Benoit SigoureDec 17, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2007
  4. Benoit SigoureDec 17, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2007
  6. Sebastian HarlDec 18, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2007
  8. Andreas EricssonDec 18, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2007
  10. Andreas EricssonDec 18, 2007
  11. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2007
  12. Andreas EricssonDec 18, 2007
  13. Jakub NarebskiDec 18, 2007
  14. Andreas EricssonDec 18, 2007
  15. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2007
  16. Sergei OrganovDec 18, 2007
  17. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2007
  18. Martin LanghoffDec 18, 2007
  19. Wincent ColaiutaDec 18, 2007
  20. Jörg SommerDec 18, 2007
  21. Johannes SchindelinDec 18, 2007
  22. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2007
  23. しらいしななこDec 20, 2007
  24. Junio C HamanoDec 20, 2007
  25. Wincent ColaiutaDec 21, 2007
  26. しらいしななこDec 21, 2007
  27. André Goddard RosaDec 18, 2007
  28. Martin LanghoffDec 18, 2007
  29. Wincent ColaiutaDec 19, 2007
  30. Martin LanghoffDec 19, 2007
  31. Andreas EricssonDec 19, 2007
  32. Johannes SchindelinDec 19, 2007
  33. Wincent ColaiutaDec 19, 2007

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