On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 at 17:50, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This has been asked and answered recently at least twice, I think. > > https://lore.kernel.org/git/01020169a7ad6af3-ad50e2d1-19fb-46eb-b397-759f8d579e8b-000000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > https://lore.kernel.org/git/CADZUK1cjvifbFYk9w6+vE95jgEBuwjoOi_1QfZHoPFBXuXHCCg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > I think these previous ones wanted something more relevant to "git > stash", in the sense that they wanted to be able to > > git stash > do some other things > do many other things > if earlier "git stash" produced an entry > git stash pop > > and the answer to that may be "use stash create upfront, save it > away yourself in a variable or something, then use that to restore" I guess I was too much into my stuff, and couldn't think straight on how to search for this. Apologies, and thank you! :-) Maybe I find https://public-inbox.org/git/20190927230747.yjdeaen34nnpcchy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ | grep -vP '^??' (or git-status-filtering equivalent; I'm in a rush to commit this e-mail) somehow useful in my case > But to me your use case does not look like it has much to "git > stash". If a user wants to ask "is my working tree and the index > dirty (iow, have I made any changes)?", wouldn't "git status" be the > right tool for the job? It even has an option to produce output > designed to be machine readable. I tried to minimize the message, and left that important part out. I am also part of the first case. Then my fear/question remains: * Wouldn't it be safer if it was "securely" stored in `refs/stash` (i.e. `git stash push`) instead of `sha1="$(git stash create)"; echo "Created autostash: ${sha1}"`? How is `rebase.autoStash = true` protected from "stuff" happening? A tin-foil hat example that I'm thinking is terminal output lost for some reason and git rebase ancestor is killed -9. Or is there is "not much" to protect against? * ... then `git stash` won't clean what it just stored. Is the solution to also run `git reset --hard` here? -- With regards, Ntentos Stavros
