Re: elpa - problem with stashes inside worktree

[Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>]

On Apr 07 2021, Filipp Gunbin wrote:

> Hi, I've got this problem in elpa repo:
>
> - make a new stash in some package (just "git stash")
> - C-x v d on top-level elpa directory
> - vc-git-stash-apply-at-point on the just created stash fails
>
> Stash diff looks like this:
>
> diff --git a/javaimp.el b/javaimp.el
> index 8e27452418..a9781630e9 100644
> --- a/javaimp.el
> +++ b/javaimp.el
> @@ -577,4 +577,6 @@ cache."
>  
>  (provide 'javaimp)
>  
> +asdf
> +
>  ;;; javaimp.el ends here
>
> The file path is wrong, and change is applied to the wrong file.  Looks
> like Git creates stash using package worktree dir as the top directory.

That is correct, as the package lives in a separate branch.

> From C-x v d on a package directory, stash can be applied normally.

The main elpa branch just doesn't contain anything related to packages.

Andreas.

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