From: Eric Raible <raible@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:32:40 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-gc: skip stashes when expiring reflogs
Message-ID: <loom.20080612T042942-698@post.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0806111918300.23110@xanadu.home>

Nicolas Pitre <nico <at> cam.org> writes:

> As you say, branches are there just for that: keeping changes for 
> months.  Stashes are not meant to be used like that nor should we 
> encourage it.

This unfortunately goes against the recommended usage in John Wiegley's
otherwise excellent "Git From the Bottom Up".  I've contacted him separately to
make him aware of the collective wisdom of not relying on stashes for long-term
storage.

- Eric