小川恭史 <[email protected]> writes:
>> Please make it a habit (not limited to when interacting with
>> _this_ project) to state a bit more than "does not work";
>> instead, say "it is expected to do X, but instead it does Y, and
>> the difference between X and Y I perceive is Z".
>
> Thanks. I'll rewrite the issue.
>
> Assuming that we have sub/something and something is not included anywhere
> else,
>
> cd sub && git stash -- something
>
> is expected to make a stash for sub/something but instead returns error like
>
> error: pathspec 'something' did not match any file(s) known to git.
> Did you forget to 'git add'?
>
> .
>
> I don't know what I should write about 'the difference between X and Y is Z'.
If the difference between X and Y is obvious there is no need.
I just tried it and I do not see the command is broken in the way
you describe.
Trial #1 -- the command fully spelled out.
$ git.git/master: cd Documentation
$ Documentation/master: echo >>Makefile
$ Documentation/master: git stash push -m "doc-make" -- Makefile
Saved working directory and index state On master: doc-make
$ Documentation/master: git stash show --stat
Documentation/Makefile | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+:
Trial #2 -- lazily issue the command without subcommand.
$ git.git/master: cd Documentation
$ Documentation/master: echo >>Makefile
$ Documentation/master: git stash -- Makefile
Saved working directory and index state WIP on master: 89ea799ffc Sync with
maint
$ Documentation/master: git stash show --stat
Documentation/Makefile | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+:
Trial #3 -- make sure having files with the same name is not hiding any bug.
$ git.git/master: cd Documentation
$ Documentation/master: echo >>CodingGuidelines
$ Documentation/master: git stash -- CodingGuidelines
Saved working directory and index state WIP on master: 89ea799ffc
$ Documentation/master: git stash show --stat
Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
Trial #4 -- simulate a PEBKAC
$ git.git/master: cd Documentation
$ Documentation/master: echo >>no-such-file
$ Documentation/master: git stash -- no-such-file
error: pathspec 'Documentation/no-such-file' did not match any file(s)
known to git.
Did you forget to 'git add'?
The last one is an expected result---the pathspec given to the
command does not match anything tracked, so without first adding the
file, there is nothing for the command to do.
