Re: Stashing untracked files

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Tom Tobin wrote:

> On 9/29/07, Neil Macneale <mac4-git@theory.org> wrote:
> > When using "git stash," in some cases I'd like to stash away files 
> > that are currently untracked. It seems to me like there should be a 
> > way to stash everything in a working directory so that the end result 
> > is a pristine tree. Then applying the stash will reinstate those file 
> > as untracked.
> 
> Since this is an itch of my own, I have a local copy of git-stash that 
> does this (stashes away the untracked -- but not ignored -- files, and 
> restores them as untracked upon "stash apply"); unfortunately, I'm 
> pretty new to git, so I'm certain my code is *quite* unoptimized and 
> ugly.  As soon as I feel comfortable with it (which should include 
> making the new behavior optional), I'll drop a line here with some code.  
> :-)

We are known on this list for never biting someone's head off, especially 
not when posting patches.

Why not just post it, see what comments come back, adapt it, and repost?  
More often than not, people learn by getting their code reviewed, and 
faster so when the code is reviewed early.

Ciao,
Dscho