From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitgitgadget@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkout: add --autostash option for branch switching
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:30:44 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq4imj4gln.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260313193320.42832-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com> (Harald Nordgren's message of "Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:33:20 +0100")
Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com> writes:
>> Almost all of the above is now stale, as we no longer call this the
>> "autostash" feature. It turned into a project to vastly improve the
>> "checkout --merge" option, so the proposed log message needs to be
>> revamped to match.
>
> My feeling is that this feature will drift far away from what I initially
> needed. I have never used 'checkout -m' but stash->checkout-unstash is a
> pattern I use a lot.
Perhaps. But things like "checkout --autostash", which can entirely
be done by the end user via a wrapper script or an alias, is not
interesting enough from my point of view.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-13 20:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-12 13:26 [PATCH] checkout: add --autostash option for branch switching Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-03-12 14:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-12 19:33 ` [PATCH v31 0/2] status: add status.compareBranches config for multiple branch comparisons Harald Nordgren
2026-03-13 14:29 ` [PATCH] checkout: add --autostash option for branch switching Phillip Wood
2026-03-14 17:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-16 16:36 ` Phillip Wood
2026-03-16 20:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-17 9:47 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-03-19 8:25 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-03-19 16:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-12 19:33 ` [PATCH v2] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-03-12 19:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-13 9:22 ` [PATCH] " Harald Nordgren
2026-03-13 9:23 ` [PATCH v3] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-03-13 17:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-13 19:33 ` [PATCH] " Harald Nordgren
2026-03-13 20:30 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-03-14 9:59 ` [PATCH v4] checkout: -m (--merge) uses autostash when switching branches Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-03-15 2:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-15 11:19 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] checkout: 'autostash' for branch switching Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-03-15 11:19 ` [PATCH v5 1/4] stash: add --ours-label, --theirs-label, --base-label for apply Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-03-15 11:19 ` [PATCH v5 2/4] sequencer: allow create_autostash to run silently Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-03-15 11:19 ` [PATCH v5 3/4] sequencer: teach autostash apply to take optional conflict marker labels Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-03-15 11:19 ` [PATCH v5 4/4] checkout: -m (--merge) uses autostash when switching branches Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-03-17 9:35 ` [PATCH v6 0/4] checkout: 'autostash' for branch switching Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-03-17 9:35 ` [PATCH v6 1/4] stash: add --ours-label, --theirs-label, --base-label for apply Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-03-17 9:35 ` [PATCH v6 2/4] sequencer: allow create_autostash to run silently Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-03-17 9:35 ` [PATCH v6 3/4] sequencer: teach autostash apply to take optional conflict marker labels Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-03-17 9:35 ` [PATCH v6 4/4] checkout: -m (--merge) uses autostash when switching branches Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-03-14 9:12 [PATCH] remote: use plural-only message for diverged branch status Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-03-14 9:16 ` [PATCH] checkout: add --autostash option for branch switching Harald Nordgren
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