Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-gc: skip stashes when expiring reflogs
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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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- Jun 13, 2008, 04:52 UTC
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Hi,
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008, Eric Raible wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote: > > Perhaps > > > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/84665/focus=84670 > > > > The user explicitly asks to stash it for a while, where the definition of > > the "while" comes from reflog's retention period. > > But that doesn't answer the basic question as to why it's ok > to trash data that the user explicitly asked git to save?
If the user really asked git to save the changes, she would have _committed_ them.
"git stash" really is only about shelving quickly and dirtily something you'll need (or maybe need) in a moment.
If you need something from the stash a day after stashing it, you have a serious problem with understanding what branches are for.
Ciao, Dscho