Re: Can't git stash after using git add -N

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 09:51:35PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Josh Triplett writes: > > > As far as I can tell, if I run "git add -N" on a file, and then commit > > without adding the file contents, it gets committed as an empty file. > > Is that true? Git once

Re: Can't git stash after using git add -N

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 02:11:19PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > I actually think "silently ignore intent-to-add" was a mistake. > We used to error out at write-tree time, which I think is the > right behaviour--"I know I want to have this path, but I cannot > yet decide with what content" is

Re: Can't git stash after using git add -N

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 05:02:45AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 09:51:35PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Josh Triplett writes: > > > > > As far as I can tell, if I run "git add -N" on a file, and then commit > > > without adding the file

Re: Can't git stash after using git add -N

I actually think "silently ignore intent-to-add" was a mistake. We used to error out at write-tree time, which I think is the right behaviour--"I know I want to have this path, but I cannot yet decide with what content" is what the user is telling us when she says "add -N", so until that

Re: Can't git stash after using git add -N

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Josh Triplett writes: > >> As far as I can tell, if I run "git add -N" on a file, and then commit >> without adding the file contents, it gets committed as an empty file. > > Is that true? Git

Re: Can't git stash after using git add -N

Josh Triplett writes: > As far as I can tell, if I run "git add -N" on a file, and then commit > without adding the file contents, it gets committed as an empty file. Is that true? Git once worked like that in earlier days, but I think write-tree (hence commit) would

Re: Can't git stash after using git add -N

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 04:46:48PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Josh Triplett writes: > > After using "git add -N", "git stash" can no longer stash: > > I think this is unfortunately one of the fundamental limitations > that comes from the way how "stash" is implemented.

Re: Can't git stash after using git add -N

Josh Triplett writes: > After using "git add -N", "git stash" can no longer stash: I think this is unfortunately one of the fundamental limitations that comes from the way how "stash" is implemented. It uses three tree objects (i.e. HEAD's tree that represents where you

Can't git stash after using git add -N

After using "git add -N", "git stash" can no longer stash: /tmp/temp$ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/temp/.git/ /tmp/temp$ echo a > a /tmp/temp$ git add a /tmp/temp$ git commit -m 'Initial commit of a' [master (root-commit) d7242c4] Initial commit of a 1 file changed, 1