Re: [PATCH] git stash: Give friendlier errors when there is nothing to apply

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

Ori Avtalion <ori@avtalion.name> writes:

> The change makes sure a stash (given or default) exists before
> checking if the working tree is dirty.
>
> If the default stash is requested, the old message was scary and
> included a 'fatal' error from rev-parse:
>      fatal: Needed a single revision
>      : no valid stashed state found
>
> It is replaced with a friendlier 'Nothing to apply' error, similar to
> 'git stash branch'.
>
> If a specific stash is specified, the 'Needed a single revision' errors
> from rev-parse are suppressed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ori Avtalion <ori@avtalion.name>
> Acked-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>

I do not see anything that might break existing usage of the command.
Comments?

A tangent; we might want an analogue to "shortlog -s -n" but based on
"blame".