I upgraded the version of git from 2.13.1 to 2.15.0 on Mac and fixed my issue. Thanks. 2017-11-18 16:56 GMT+09:00 Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>: > 小川恭史 <aiueogawa217@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >>> Please make it a habit (not limited to when interacting with >>> _this_ project) to state a bit more than "does not work"; >>> instead, say "it is expected to do X, but instead it does Y, and >>> the difference between X and Y I perceive is Z". >> >> Thanks. I'll rewrite the issue. >> >> Assuming that we have sub/something and something is not included anywhere else, >> >> cd sub && git stash -- something >> >> is expected to make a stash for sub/something but instead returns error like >> >> error: pathspec 'something' did not match any file(s) known to git. >> Did you forget to 'git add'? >> >> . >> >> I don't know what I should write about 'the difference between X and Y is Z'. > > If the difference between X and Y is obvious there is no need. > > I just tried it and I do not see the command is broken in the way > you describe. > > Trial #1 -- the command fully spelled out. > > $ git.git/master: cd Documentation > $ Documentation/master: echo >>Makefile > $ Documentation/master: git stash push -m "doc-make" -- Makefile > Saved working directory and index state On master: doc-make > $ Documentation/master: git stash show --stat > Documentation/Makefile | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+: > > Trial #2 -- lazily issue the command without subcommand. > > $ git.git/master: cd Documentation > $ Documentation/master: echo >>Makefile > $ Documentation/master: git stash -- Makefile > Saved working directory and index state WIP on master: 89ea799ffc Sync with maint > $ Documentation/master: git stash show --stat > Documentation/Makefile | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+: > > Trial #3 -- make sure having files with the same name is not hiding any bug. > > $ git.git/master: cd Documentation > $ Documentation/master: echo >>CodingGuidelines > $ Documentation/master: git stash -- CodingGuidelines > Saved working directory and index state WIP on master: 89ea799ffc > $ Documentation/master: git stash show --stat > Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > Trial #4 -- simulate a PEBKAC > > $ git.git/master: cd Documentation > $ Documentation/master: echo >>no-such-file > $ Documentation/master: git stash -- no-such-file > error: pathspec 'Documentation/no-such-file' did not match any file(s) known to git. > Did you forget to 'git add'? > > The last one is an expected result---the pathspec given to the > command does not match anything tracked, so without first adding the > file, there is nothing for the command to do. >
