Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-gc: skip stashes when expiring reflogs

"Eric Raible" [off-list ref] writes:

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

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Wincent Colaiuta [off-list ref] writes:

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So yes, branches _are_ better and more appropriate for long term
storage than stashes, but even so I don't think it's right for us to
risk throwing away information that the user explicitly stashed and
expected Git to look after for them.

Yes, but for a limited amount of time.

A limited amount of time?  Why is that?  Can you give a rationale which
at least addresses Wincent's points?

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.