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 what the user is telling us when
she says "add -N", so until that indecision is resolved, we
shouldn't write out a tree object out of the index.

Yeah, I am inclined to agree, and I _thought_ we also used to error out
during write-tree, but I failed to find the spot where we switched
(thinking that it might provide some rationale).

I think I just didn't look far enough back, though. Commit 3f6d56d
(commit: ignore intent-to-add entries instead of refusing, 2012-02-07)
does not exactly have a sneaky title.

-Peff