Re: [feature suggestion] Add 'git stash export', 'git stash import' commands to allow to backup stash externally

From: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>
Date: May 6, 2021, 06:58 UTC
Message-ID: <d4ae27b9-3911-506c-a23c-3ed91bb250d1@rawbw.com>
In-Reply-To: <35877543-93b8-00f8-692e-09a06d4679aa@kdbg.org>

On 5/5/21 11:43 PM, Johannes Sixt wrote:

> I know. But, as I said, when you turn away from your current work, which
> is precious, then you should make a commit, in particular, when you can
> forsee that you might not be able to come back soon.

How can I commit unfinished work? Commits are public, this would break things.

> For long-term storage, use branches.

Branches are too heavy-weight. They need merging. Sometimes several stash items need to be used together, which makes it inconvenient.

Yuri