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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-gc: skip stashes when expiring reflogs
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:52:53 +0100 (BST)
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Hi,

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008, Eric Raible wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> But that doesn't answer the basic question as to why it's ok
> to trash data that the user explicitly asked git to save?

If the user really asked git to save the changes, she would have 
_committed_ them.

"git stash" really is only about shelving quickly and dirtily something 
you'll need (or maybe need) in a moment.

If you need something from the stash a day after stashing it, you have a 
serious problem with understanding what branches are for.

Ciao,
Dscho