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Re: `git stash pop` UX Problem

From
Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Feb 26, 2014, 08:27 UTC
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Omar Othman <omar.othman@booking.com> writes:
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> Though I don't know why you think this is important:
>> Now, the real question is: when would Git stop showing this advice. I
>> don't see a real way to answer this, and I'd rather avoid doing just a
>> guess.
> If it is really annoying for the user, we can just have a
> configuration parameter to switch this message on/off.

Just saying "You have X stash" is OK to me as long as there is an option to deactivate it.

Hinting "You should now run "git stash drop"." OTOH is far more dangerous if guessed wrong. Keeping a stash active when you don't need it does no real harm, but droping one you actually needed is data loss.

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Matthieu Moy
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  1. Omar OthmanFeb 24, 2014
  2. Brandon McCaigFeb 24, 2014
  3. Matthieu MoyFeb 24, 2014
  4. Holger HellmuthFeb 25, 2014
  5. Matthieu MoyFeb 25, 2014
  6. Omar OthmanFeb 25, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2014
  8. Stephen LeakeFeb 25, 2014
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2014
  10. Stephen LeakeFeb 27, 2014
  11. Omar OthmanFeb 26, 2014
  12. Theodore Ts'oFeb 26, 2014
  13. brian m. carlsonFeb 25, 2014
  14. Omar OthmanFeb 26, 2014
  15. Simon RuderichFeb 26, 2014
  16. Stephen LeakeFeb 27, 2014
  17. Omar OthmanFeb 25, 2014
  18. Matthieu MoyFeb 25, 2014
  19. Omar OthmanFeb 25, 2014
  20. Matthieu MoyFeb 25, 2014
  21. Stephen LeakeFeb 25, 2014
  22. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2014
  23. Stefan HallerFeb 26, 2014
  24. Matthieu MoyFeb 26, 2014
  25. Stephen LeakeFeb 28, 2014
  26. Brandon McCaigFeb 28, 2014
  27. Stephen LeakeFeb 28, 2014
  28. Matthieu MoyFeb 28, 2014
  29. Stephen LeakeFeb 28, 2014
  30. Matthieu MoyFeb 28, 2014
  31. Stephen LeakeMar 1, 2014
  32. David KastrupFeb 28, 2014
  33. Stephen LeakeFeb 28, 2014
  34. Matthieu MoyFeb 28, 2014
  35. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2014
  36. Stephen LeakeMar 1, 2014
  37. Omar OthmanFeb 26, 2014
  38. Matthieu MoyFeb 26, 2014
  39. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2014
  40. Matthieu MoyFeb 26, 2014
  41. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2014
  42. David KastrupFeb 26, 2014
  43. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2014
  44. David KastrupFeb 27, 2014
  45. Stephen LeakeFeb 28, 2014
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