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Git loses untracked files during “stash” if there are conficts

Subject: Git loses untracked files during “stash” if there are conficts

## tl;dr

One message between Jan 31, 2023 and Jan 31, 2023.

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Alessandro Arici· Jan 31, 2023, 08:08 UTC · lore

Using git stash -u, but, as title, when there are conflicts untracked files are gone.

This is a link, for example: https://www.databasesandlife.com/git-stash-loses-untracked-files/

And this is a reproduction of the bug

# Create a Git repo with a single file committed git init echo contents > original-file.txt git add original-file.txt git commit -m "Creating the file"

# Create a new file, modify an old one, stash echo foo > new-file.txt echo contents2 > original-file.txt git stash push -u

# Modify the old file in a different way, commit echo contents3 > original-file.txt git commit -am "Altering the file"

# Apply the stash, see conflict, but what about the new file? git stash pop cat new-file.txt

Git version, on Linux: 2.34.1
Thank you

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