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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-gc: skip stashes when expiring reflogs
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:51:25 -0700
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"Eric Raible" <raible@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com> writes:
>>
>>> So yes, branches _are_ better and more appropriate for long term
>>> storage than stashes, but even so I don't think it's right for us to
>>> risk throwing away information that the user explicitly stashed and
>>> expected Git to look after for them.
>>
>> Yes, but for a limited amount of time.
>
> A limited amount of time?  Why is that?  Can you give a rationale which
> at least addresses Wincent's points?

Perhaps

 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/84665/focus=84670

The user explicitly asks to stash it for a while, where the definition of
the "while" comes from reflog's retention period.