GNU bug report logs - #20292
24.5; Saving Git-controlled file with merge conflicts after "stash pop" stages the file

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Message #157 received at 20292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: esr <at> snark.thyrsus.com, 20292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: Re: bug#20292: 24.5;
 Saving Git-controlled file with merge conflicts after "stash pop"
 stages the file
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 10:14:38 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  esr <at> snark.thyrsus.com,  20292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 16:55:50 -0400
> 
> 
> I think the only sane way to handle this is to always use "git add" and
> to add a config var so users who don't like it can disable it.

Who'd like it?  It will do something utterly inappropriate.

> After all, when unstashing changes in a file that already has
> a modification staged

That's not the use case we were discussing, though.  We were
discussing a use case where the user merged from another repository,
and then wants her uncommitted changes restored.  Leaving them staged
will trip the naive users.

> IOW, I think bug#20292 is simply not a bug.

I respectfully disagree.

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