Re: [PATCH] Disconnect stash from its base commit

Abhijit Menon-Sen [off-list ref] writes:

At 2008-07-02 12:01:35 -0700, gitster@pobox.com wrote:

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	But that imaginary "stash branch" command would always give you
	the exact state you were in and creates a clean fork to finish
	what you were doing, and continue.

Nice idea. Something as simple as the appended diff?

I reversed the stash/branch arguments so that one need specify only the
branch name. Playing with it a little, it feels very useful.

I'd further suggest to delete the stash automatically when you create a
new branch out of it.