Package: git-core Version: 1:1.5.3.8-1 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/bin/git-stash
git-stash only stashes changes to tracked files. I'd like the option to stash new untracked files and even ignored files in the stash as well. This would offer several benefits: * If my changes included adding new files, I don't want to lose or disturb those new files while working on whatever work required me to stash in the first place; I also don't want those new files affecting the post-stash work. If git-stash stashed away untracked files, and perhaps even removed them from the working tree as it does for modified tracked files, I'd end up with a pristine tree again, and I could better separate my pre-stash and post-stash work. * If I just built a large source tree, rebuilding it might take a while, even with ccache. If I stash, then clean or rebuild the tree in the course of the work that required me to stash in the first place, I lose that time. Furthermore, the presence of the build products may affect the post-stash build, unless I "make clean". Stashing the build products would solve this problem. I suspect that git-stash should not do this by default. For instance, when using git on my home directory, I really don't want git stashing away the gigabytes of untracked files; I suspect similar situations arise in other repositories, where stashing untracked or ignored files would take excessive time or disrupt files that the user wanted to remain present. However, I often find that I want the untracked or ignored files stashed. Perhaps git stash could have --untracked and --ignored options? - Josh Triplett -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-rc7 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages git-core depends on: ii cpio 2.9-9 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.17.1-1 Multi-protocol file transfer libra ii libdigest-sha1-perl 2.11-2 NIST SHA-1 message digest algorith ii liberror-perl 0.17-1 Perl module for error/exception ha ii libexpat1 1.95.8-4 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii perl-modules 5.8.8-12 Core Perl modules ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-9 compression library - runtime Versions of packages git-core recommends: ii curl 7.17.1-1 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or ii less 416-2 Pager program similar to more ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:4.7p1-2 secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh ii patch 2.5.9-4 Apply a diff file to an original ii rsync 2.6.9-6 fast remote file copy program (lik -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
