Hi,
I just was in the need for git-stash (for the 1e6th time this year), but
instead of writing a script, I though I'd try the "!" convention for
aliases. Works quite well for me:
git config alias.stash '!git diff-files --name-only -z | git update-index
-z --stdin && tree=$(git-write-tree) && commit=$(echo stash $(date) |
git-commit-tree $tree) && git-update-ref refs/heads/stash $commit &&
git-reset --hard'
(This is one long line.)
With this, I can now say "git stash" with a dirty working directory, and
it will have the same effect as "git reset --hard", i.e. reset to the
clean state in HEAD.
Except that all my changes are stashed away in the branch "stash". It is
not really a branch, as I expect it to jump from loose end to loose end,
like this:
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - ... (master branch)
\ \ \
A' .. E' .. G' (stash branch)
The ".." denote reflog connections: "git log stash" will show G' and as
its parent G with its history, while "git reflog stash" will show G', and
then E', and then A'.
Maybe it is not only useful for me...
Ciao,
Dscho
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