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authorPetr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>2013-06-28 17:05:32 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-07-01 14:23:24 -0700
commita73653130edd6a8977106d45a8092c09040f9132 (patch)
treec76de88cc20570b9555b6a41e3429deee29fd247
parent26c986e118523fda4624cec8d14bb8a4a09fdd08 (diff)
downloadgit-a73653130edd6a8977106d45a8092c09040f9132.tar.gz
git stash: avoid data loss when "git stash save" kills a directory
"stash save" is about saving the local change to the working tree, but also about restoring the state of the last commit to the working tree. When a local change is to turn a non-directory to a directory, in order to restore the non-directory, everything in the directory needs to be removed. Which is fine when running "git stash save --include-untracked", but without that option, untracked, newly created files in the directory will have to be discarded, if the state you are restoring to has a non-directory at the same path as the directory. Introduce a safety valve to fail the operation in such case, using the "ls-files --killed" which was designed for this exact purpose. The "stash save" is stopped when untracked files need to be discarded because their leading path ceased to be a directory, and the user is required to pass --force to really have the data removed. Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-stash.txt12
-rwxr-xr-xgit-stash.sh12
-rwxr-xr-xt/t3903-stash.sh18
3 files changed, 40 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index db7e803038..7c8b648fbe 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git stash' ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>]
'git stash' [save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet]
- [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [<message>]]
+ [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-f|--force]
+ [<message>]]
'git stash' clear
'git stash' create [<message>]
'git stash' store [-m|--message <message>] [-q|--quiet] <commit>
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ is also possible).
OPTIONS
-------
-save [-p|--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]::
+save [-p|--patch] [--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [-f|--force] [<message>]::
Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git reset
--hard` to revert them. The <message> part is optional and gives
@@ -71,6 +72,13 @@ linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
+
The `--patch` option implies `--keep-index`. You can use
`--no-keep-index` to override this.
++
+In some cases, saving a stash could mean irretrievably removing some
+data - if a directory with untracked files replaces a tracked file of
+the same name, the new untracked files are not saved (except in case
+of `--include-untracked`) but the original tracked file shall be restored.
+By default, `stash save` will abort in such a case; `--force` will allow
+it to remove the untracked files.
list [<options>]::
diff --git a/git-stash.sh b/git-stash.sh
index 1e541a2125..85c9e2c081 100755
--- a/git-stash.sh
+++ b/git-stash.sh
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ save_stash () {
keep_index=
patch_mode=
untracked=
+ force=
while test $# != 0
do
case "$1" in
@@ -215,6 +216,9 @@ save_stash () {
-u|--include-untracked)
untracked=untracked
;;
+ -f|--force)
+ force=t
+ ;;
-a|--all)
untracked=all
;;
@@ -258,6 +262,14 @@ save_stash () {
say "$(gettext "No local changes to save")"
exit 0
fi
+ if test -z "$untracked$force" &&
+ test -n "$(git ls-files --killed | head -n 1)"
+ then
+ say "$(gettext "The following untracked files would NOT be saved but need to be removed by stash save:")"
+ test -n "$GIT_QUIET" || git ls-files --killed | sed 's/^/\t/'
+ say "$(gettext "Aborting. Consider using either the --force or --include-untracked option.")" >&2
+ exit 1
+ fi
test -f "$GIT_DIR/logs/$ref_stash" ||
clear_stash || die "$(gettext "Cannot initialize stash")"
diff --git a/t/t3903-stash.sh b/t/t3903-stash.sh
index debda7a678..5d22f17ca2 100755
--- a/t/t3903-stash.sh
+++ b/t/t3903-stash.sh
@@ -673,4 +673,22 @@ test_expect_success 'store updates stash ref and reflog' '
grep quux bazzy
'
+test_expect_success 'stash a change to turn a non-directory to a directory' '
+ git reset --hard &&
+ >testfile &&
+ git add testfile &&
+ git commit -m "add testfile as a regular file" &&
+ rm testfile &&
+ mkdir testfile &&
+ >testfile/file &&
+ test_must_fail git stash save "recover regular file" &&
+ test -f testfile/file
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'stash a change to turn a non-directory to a directory (forced)' '
+ git stash save --force "recover regular file (forced)" &&
+ ! test -f testfile/file &&
+ test -f testfile
+'
+
test_done