# git stash -u deletes directories containing ignored files

1 messages from 2014-09-01 to 2014-09-01. Participants: Cyrille Truchot.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/37469

## Cyrille Truchot, 2014-09-01 14:08

Subject: git stash -u deletes directories containing ignored files
Message-ID: <54047DF1.9020800@pird.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/54047DF1.9020800%40pird.com

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Hey there,

I'm sure you've already heard about this because this is referenced on 
the web, but I cannot find anything about it on GitHub in the open 
issues nor in the fixed ones.

I'm working with Git for Windows, version 1.8.3.
The .gitignorefile contains a line like this : 'mydirectory/*'.
A new file is added in 'mydirectory' (but it's not showing with git 
status as it is ignored).
Let's say I want to stash several other files (tracked and untracked) 
and I use git stash -u.
The directory 'mydirectory' is then purely deleted, and not stashed. So, 
unrecoverable.

This happens only if thhe start is present in the .gitignore, because 
'mydirectory/' behaves normally.

So is there an open issue about this, or better, maybe it's already 
fixed in the latest versions ?
Thanks in advance for your reply, and many apologies if it's not relevant.

Someone else has described the bug here:
http://blog.icefusion.co.uk/git-stash-can-delete-ignored-files-git-stash-u/

Regards,
Cyrille

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