Re: [PATCH] Allow stashes to be referenced by index only

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On 25/10/16 22:41, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Aaron M Watson <watsona4@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> Aaron M Watson <watsona4@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> Instead of referencing "stash@{n}" explicitly, it can simply be
>> referenced as "n".
>> Most users only reference stashes by their position
>> in the stash stask (what I refer to as the "index").
> 
> It is unclear if the first sentence is a statement of the fact, an
> expression of desire, or something else.  With the current codebase,
> it cannot simply be referenced as "n", and you either "wish it were
> possible", or "make it possible to do so", or perhaps little bit of
> both.
> 
> This is why we tend to use imperative mood to give an order to the
> codebase to "be like so" to make it clear.
> 
> Perhaps
> 
>   Instead of referencing "stash@{n}" explicitly, make it possible to
>   simply reference as "n".  Most users only reference stashes by their
>   position in the stash stask (what I refer to as the "index" here).

s/stask/stack/

ATB,
Ramsay Jones




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