Re: Proposal for git stash : add --staged option
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> ```sh
> git add config_real.xml
> git stash -k
> git reset
> ```
is not very well suited because the -k option to keep the index. However, the index will still be put inside the stash.
So what you propose is equivalent to:
```sh git stash git stash apply stash@\{0\} git checkout --config_test.xml ```
`git stash --patch` can do the job (and I think that's what I'm going to use from now), but it's still a bit cumbersome in some situations.
Best,
Edgar
Le 2015-04-22 11:25, Johannes Schindelin a écrit :
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> Hi Edgar,
>
> On 2015-04-22 10:30, edgar.hipp@netapsys.fr wrote:
>
>> When you have a lot of unstaged files, and would like to test what
>> happens if you undo some of the changes that you think are unecessary,
>> you would rather keep a copy of those changes somewhere.
>>
>> For example
>>
>> Changed but not updated:
>> M config_test.xml
>> M config_real.xml
>>
>> I have changed both config_test.xml and config_real.xml, but I think
>> the changes made in config_test.xml are unnecessary. However, I would
>> still like to keep them somewhere in case it breaks something.
>>
>> In this case for example, I would like to be able to stash only the
>> file config_test.xml
>>
>> Eg:
>>
>> git add config_test.xml
>> git stash --staged
>>
>> So that after this, my git looks like this:
>>
>> Changed but not updated:
>> M config_real.xml
>>
>> and my stash contains only the changes introduced in config_test.xml
>>
>> `git stash --keep-index` doesn't give the necessary control, because
>> it will still stash everything (and create unnecessary merge
>> complications if I change the files and apply the stash)
>
> I often have the same problem. How about doing this:
>
> ```sh
> git add config_real.xml
> git stash -k
> git reset
> ```
>
> The difference between our approaches is that I keep thinking of the
> staging area as the place to put changes I want to *keep*, not that I
> want to forget for a moment.
>
> Having said that, I am sympathetic to your cause, although I would
> rather have `git stash [--patch] -- [<file>...]` that would be used
> like `git add -p` except that the selected changes are *not* staged,
> but stashed instead.
>
> Ciao,
> Johannes
edgar.hipp@netapsys.fr