Hi! I don't know if this is a software or documentation bug. man git-stash says about --keep-index: If the --keep-index option is used, all changes already added to the index are left intact. If a file is deleted and this deletion is in the index a following $ git stash push --keep-index keeps this deletion in the index but not in the working-tree. If a file is changed and this change is in the index a following $ git stash push --keep-index keeps this change in the index and also in the working-tree. This is inconsistent. ------------- deletion ------------- $ git status On branch master Changes to be committed: (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) deleted: test-file $ git stash push --keep-index Saved working directory and index state WIP on master: a3171f887b new test-file $ git status On branch master Changes to be committed: (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) deleted: test-file Untracked files: (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) test-file ------------- change ------------- $ git status On branch master Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'. Changes to be committed: (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) modified: test-file $ git stash push --keep-index Saved working directory and index state WIP on master: a3171f887b new test-file $ git status On branch master Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'. Changes to be committed: (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) modified: test-file -------------------------- My expectation was that the deletion would be preserved within the working-tree because this is a change added to the index and should be left intact. Best regards Martin Nicolay -- No MS-Word attachments (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html) _______________________________________________________________________________ OSM AG | Ruhrallee 191 | 45136 Essen | Fon: 0201-89 555 | Fax: 0201-89 55 400 web: www.osm-ag.de | e-mail: info@xxxxxxxxx IBAN: DE67 4325 0030 0001 0059 82 | BIC: WELADED1HRN USt-ldNr.: DE163337313 | HRB: 28171 Essen Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende: Dipl.-Kff. Sabine Elsas Vorstand: Johannes Kuhn (Vorsitzender), Christian Damsky, Axel Roland -- Diese E-Mail enthält vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschützte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. _______________________________________________________________________________