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

Hi,

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008, Eric Raible wrote:

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

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