From: DeMarcus Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:43:07 GMT Subject: Re: How can I do an automatic stash when doing a checkout? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4EEF63CA.4030201@dirk.my1.cc> On 2011-12-19 17:18, Dirk Süsserott wrote: > Am 18.12.2011 16:10 schrieb DeMarcus: > [...] > >>>> With the git stash command I can clean the directory the way I want >>>> but the stash command is not connected to a particular branch. >>>> >>>> Is there a way to have git checkout do an automatic stash when doing a >>>> checkout to another branch, and then do an automatic git stash apply >>>> with the correct stash when changing back to the previous branch >>>> again? >>> >>> You probably don't want to use stash. Just commit whatever partial work >>> you've done. >>> >> >> It feels strange doing a commit of partial work. Some of the files may >> not even be supposed to be checked in. >> >>> You could also just checkout different branches in different >>> directories. Nothing wrong with doing that in git. >>> >> >> Ok thanks, that would give me the same behavior as I have today. >> >> However, I can see some benefits with have everything in the same >> directory as git allows compared to other VCSs. And since the stashing >> feature is already there in git, it would be nice if the git checkout >> with some flag could use stashing automatically. >> >> > > DeMarcus, > > probably a post-checkout hook could help you with autostashing, but that > would need some scripting. Have a look at "git hooks --help". > I sometimes use such a hook to auto-update submodules when checking out > a branch. To be fair: I don't know how to identify the "right" stash then. > Thanks! I'll check that out. Maybe the right stash could be checked-in itself somehow.