Re: git stash: status from current dir not top dir?

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com> writes:

> Subject: [PATCH] git stash: show status relative to current directory
>
> git status shows modified paths relative to current directory, so it's
> possible to copy&paste them directly, even if you're in a subdirectory.
>
> But "git stash apply" always shows status from root of git repository.
> This is misleading because you can't use the paths without modifications.
>
> This is caused by changing directory to root of repository at the
> beginning of git stash.
>
> This patch makes git stash show status relative to current directory.
> Instead of removing the "cd to toplevel", which would affect whole
> script and might have other side-effects, the fix is to change directory
> temporarily back to original dir just before displaying status.
>
> Signed-off-by: Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com>
> ---

Sensible. Thanks.

Don't we want to protect this output with some tests?