Re: [RFD/PATCH] stash: introduce checkpoint mode

["Kyle J. McKay" <mackyle@gmail.com>]

On Feb 19, 2015, at 09:49, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "Kyle J. McKay" <mackyle@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> What about a shortcut to "reset-and-apply" as well?
>>
>> I have often been frustrated when "git stash apply" refuses to work
>> because I have changes that would be stepped on and there's no -- 
>> force
>> option like git checkout has.  I end up doing a reset just so I can
>> run stash apply.
>
> Doesn't that cut both ways, though?
>
> A single step short-cut, done in any way other than a more explicit
> way such as "git reset --hard && git stash apply" (e.g. "git stash
> reset-and-apply" or "git stash apply --force") that makes it crystal
> clear that the user _is_ discarding, has a risk of encouraging users
> to form a dangerous habit of invoking the short-cut without thinking
> and leading to "oops, I didn't mean that!".

Does that reasoning not also apply to the plethora of commands that  
take "--force" already?

I didn't check them all, but tag, checkout, push and branch  
immediately come to mind.  Why is it okay for all those other commands  
to have a --force mode, but not git stash?