Hello. It is believed that git stash git stash pop is safe to-do operation. But sometimes it is not. For example here is an example http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11680453/git-stash-where-did-the-files-in-my-directory-go/11680645 I also recreated it aleksandr@beast:/tmp/test$ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/test/.git/ aleksandr@beast:/tmp/test$ touch x aleksandr@beast:/tmp/test$ git add x aleksandr@beast:/tmp/test$ git commit -m "Initial" [master (root-commit) d3569a0] Initial 0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 x aleksandr@beast:/tmp/test$ rm x aleksandr@beast:/tmp/test$ mkdir x/ aleksandr@beast:/tmp/test$ ls x aleksandr@beast:/tmp/test$ git stash Saved working directory and index state WIP on master: d3569a0 Initial HEAD is now at d3569a0 Initial aleksandr@beast:/tmp/test$ ls x aleksandr@beast:/tmp/test$ git stash pop Removing x # On branch master # Changes not staged for commit: # (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed) # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) # # deleted: x # no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") Dropped refs/stash@{0} (c500443ae16cf0d846b195cb97eb388dec5f440e) aleksandr@beast:/tmp/test$ ls aleksandr@beast:/tmp/test$ git --version git version 1.7.5.4 -- Aleksandr Pryimak -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html