# Re: \[PATCH v2 8/9\] stash show: teach --include-untracked and --only-untracked

- From: Junio C Hamano \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-02-16 06:43:57 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/02/7876565
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/02/7876565/t.md

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Denton Liu [ref] writes:

> Hi Junio,
>
> On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 11:53:06PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> > Do this via something like
>> >
>> > 	GIT_INDEX_FILE=... git read-tree stash stash^3
>> >
>> > and diffing the resulting tree object against the stash base.
>> 
>> That explains the implementation, but does not make it clear what
>> the implementation wants to achieve.  So we read the tree from stash
>> (i.e. working tree) into a temporary index, and then overlay the
>> tree of stash^3 (i.e. untracked) on top---which means the resulting
>> "index" has the state of the working tree plus the untracked cruft
>> in it.  And comparing that with "stash base" (by the way is that a
>> term well understood?  I borrowed it for the above review comment,
>> which shows that there certainly is need for such a term) would show
>
> I'm not sure if it's a well-understood term but I can't think of any
> other meanings for the term so it doesn't seem very ambiguous.

Thanks.  I was hoping to hear either "Yes, glossary defines it like
this" or "I believe it is an unambiguous good term; let's add it to
the glossary".

> I'll send out my revised patch later today and I was unable to figure
> out an easy way of doing this.

OK.

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