Re: [PATCH] Showing stash state in bash prompt

[Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>]

Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> writes:
> But IMHO it would not be a good idea to teach people stash/pop anyway:
> 'stash drop' is irreversible, because the stash is itself implemented
> through the reflog and thus not guarded by one.

I don't understand why you say this -- sure "drop" is dangerous, but
that's exactly why you should use "pop" instead, because it makes sure
the changes are _somewhere_.  I found with the old (pre-"pop") stash,
I'd often end up in a situation where I'd lose track of whether I had
done a stash apply or not, and the risk of inadvertently doing a drop
_without_ a corresponding apply was very real.

stash/pop is safer, more convenient, and I think it better matches how
people actually work.

-Miles

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