# Re: stash -u deletes ignored files

1 messages from 2012-09-06 to 2012-09-06. Participants: Richard Browne.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/31451

## Richard Browne, 2012-09-06 00:19

Subject: Re: stash -u deletes ignored files
Message-ID: <0C1F1C86-DFCA-46B6-984A-6FFB82D12A3D@timestone.com.au>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/0C1F1C86-DFCA-46B6-984A-6FFB82D12A3D%40timestone.com.au

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We have been bitten by this bug too. git stash -u is deleting ignored files.

> There seems to a bug in git stash. Subfolders with ignored files are
> deleted if the subfolders themselves are not ignored.
> 
> How to reproduce.
> ---
> mkdir TestRepo
> cd TestRepo
> mkdir Ignored
> echo " " > Ignored/Ignored.txt
> echo "Ignored/Ignored.txt" > .gitignore
> echo > File1.txt
> git init
> git add .
> git commit --message="Initial commit"
> echo "Test change" > File1.txt
> git stash -u
> git stash pop
> 
> Expected result:
> Ignored/Ignored1.txt is present in the repository. It is either not
> deleted after stash or at least restored after pop.
> 
> Actual result:
> Ignored is deleted along with any files in it.
> 
> I use git version 1.7.9.msysgit.0
> 
> Sebastian Schuberth could reproduce this as well:
> 
> > I'm able to reproduce this with git version 1.7.10.msysgit.1 as well as
> > on Linux, so please report this upstream to the git mailing list. Thank you.
> 
> Original discussion on msysgit mailing list:
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/msysgit/FuAh7eXbPSw
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Max A. Kiselev
> --

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