Re: Git Stash stages files if there is a conflict

[Eric Raible <raible@nextest.com>]

On 11:59 AM, Pretty Boy Floyd wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I am running msysgit 1.7.3.1.  If I run stash apply, and there is a conflict,
> all of my stash changes get staged. Is this the correct behaviour? I found it a
> little surprising.

My tests indicate that the same thing happens as with any conflicted merge.
Namely: non-conflicting changes get staged, and conflicting changes are left
only in the working directory (with conflict markers added as appropriate).

See http://progit.org/book/ch3-2.html#basic_merging,
especially the part on conflicts.

> Another question: if I have stashed 10 files, and there is a conflict in one of
> them, will stash apply abort when it has a conflict, or will it apply all
> non-conflicted files.

Same as above.  In both cases the stash is unaffected, which allows
you to reset and try again.

> Finally, if I do the following:
> 
> git stash
> git pull
> git stash apply
> 
> and another developer has removed a file that I have stashed, then I am unable
> to apply the stash  on this file. How can I retrieve my changes from the stash?

One nice (relatively new feature) is "git stash branch", which makes a new
branch from an existing stash.

HTH - Eric