On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 06:12:28AM -0400, Samuel Lijin wrote: > On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 4:25 AM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 06:46:18PM -0400, Houston Fortney wrote: > > > >> I sometimes forget about something that I stashed. It would be nice if > >> the git status command would just say "There are x entries in the > >> stash." It can say nothing if there is nothing stashed so it is > >> usually not adding clutter. > > > > I think the clutter issue would depend on your workflow around stash. > > > > Some people carry tidbits in their stash for days or weeks. E.g., I > > sometimes start on an idea and decide it's not worth pursuing (or more > > likely, I post a snippet of a patch as a "how about this" to the mailing > > list but don't plan on taking it further). Rather than run "git reset > > --hard", I usually "git stash" the result. That means if I really do > > decide I want it back, I can prowl through the stash list and find it. > > > > All of which is to say that if we had such a feature, it should probably > > be optional. For some people it would be very useful, and for others it > > would be a nuisance. > > Perhaps there should be a flag for this if it is implemented, say > status.showStash? Yes, that was what I was thinking. -Peff