I'm having a hard time understanding why ``git stash save" chokes on a submodule removal when an empty directory is present at the removed submodule's path. If the submodule is staged for deletion, why not just leave the empty directory alone? The following Gist illustrates the situation I am encountering, and includes OS information, Git version (2.3.5), and GIT_TRACE output: https://gist.github.com/jawshooah/d60ff70952cff18099d7 Relevant post in the git-users Google Group, where I was encouraged to query the mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/git-users/3YxxpVVXtqg Thanks, Josh -- 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