Re: [PATCH v3 9/9] Documentation: git stash branch now tolerates non-stash references.

[Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>]

The next iteration will amend the synopsis as follows:

-'git stash' show [<stash>]
-'git stash' drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
-'git stash' ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
-'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>]
+'git stash' show [<stash-like>]
+'git stash' drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash-entry>]
+'git stash' pop [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash-entry>]
+'git stash' apply [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash-like>]
+'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash-like>]

with corresponding changes to the body. This will help clarify when a
stash entry
is required and when a stash-like commit can be used instead.

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com> wrote:
> Update the documentation to indicate that git stash branch only attempts
> to drop the specified stash if it looks like stash reference.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-stash.txt |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
> index 473889a..c7b7e4e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
> @@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ branch <branchname> [<stash>]::
>        Creates and checks out a new branch named `<branchname>` starting from
>        the commit at which the `<stash>` was originally created, applies the
>        changes recorded in `<stash>` to the new working tree and index, then
> -       drops the `<stash>` if that completes successfully. When no `<stash>`
> -       is given, applies the latest one.
> +       drops the `<stash>` if that completes successfully and `<stash>` looks like a
> +       stash the name of a stash list entry. When no `<stash>` is given, applies the latest one.
>  +
>  This is useful if the branch on which you ran `git stash save` has
>  changed enough that `git stash apply` fails due to conflicts. Since
> --
> 1.7.2.1.51.g82c0c0
>
>