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| author |  Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz> | 2013-06-28 17:05:32 +0200 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-07-01 14:23:24 -0700 |
| commit | a73653130edd6a8977106d45a8092c09040f9132 (patch) | |
| tree | c76de88cc20570b9555b6a41e3429deee29fd247 /Documentation/git-stash.txt | |
| parent | treat_directory(): do not declare submodules to be untracked (diff) | |
| download | tgif-a73653130edd6a8977106d45a8092c09040f9132.tar.xz | |
git stash: avoid data loss when "git stash save" kills a directory
"stash save" is about saving the local change to the working tree,
but also about restoring the state of the last commit to the working
tree. When a local change is to turn a non-directory to a directory,
in order to restore the non-directory, everything in the directory
needs to be removed.
Which is fine when running "git stash save --include-untracked",
but without that option, untracked, newly created files in the
directory will have to be discarded, if the state you are restoring
to has a non-directory at the same path as the directory.
Introduce a safety valve to fail the operation in such case, using
the "ls-files --killed" which was designed for this exact purpose.
The "stash save" is stopped when untracked files need to be
discarded because their leading path ceased to be a directory, and
the user is required to pass --force to really have the data
removed.
Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-stash.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-stash.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index db7e803038..7c8b648fbe 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git stash' ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>] 'git stash' [save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] - [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [<message>]] + [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-f|--force] + [<message>]] 'git stash' clear 'git stash' create [<message>] 'git stash' store [-m|--message <message>] [-q|--quiet] <commit> @@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ is also possible). OPTIONS ------- -save [-p|--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: +save [-p|--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [-f|--force] [<message>]:: Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git reset --hard` to revert them. The <message> part is optional and gives @@ -71,6 +72,13 @@ linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode. + The `--patch` option implies `--keep-index`. You can use `--no-keep-index` to override this. ++ +In some cases, saving a stash could mean irretrievably removing some +data - if a directory with untracked files replaces a tracked file of +the same name, the new untracked files are not saved (except in case +of `--include-untracked`) but the original tracked file shall be restored. +By default, `stash save` will abort in such a case; `--force` will allow +it to remove the untracked files. list [<options>]:: |