From: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 15:43:48 GMT
Subject: Re: error(?) in "man git-stash" regarding "--keep-index"
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.21.1805181141030.10462@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <96486abe-cf13-ef10-7513-2d6c20a9dc1e@gmx.de>

On Fri, 18 May 2018, Sybille Peters wrote:

> My 2c on this:
>
> 1) "If the --keep-index option is used, all changes already added to
>    the index are left intact" (manpage git stash)
>
> That appears to be correct and clear

  yup, that's not the issue.

> 2) "$ git stash push --keep-index # save *all other* changes to the
>    stash"  (manpage git stash)
>
> That is either not correct or misleading. "All other" implies in my
> opinion all changes except the ones that were already added. *"All
> changes including already staged changes"* might be a better choice.

  yup, that is *exactly* the point i was trying to make.

rday