From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: On the adoption of transient.el Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:35:15 -0400 Message-ID: References: <877di4on3d.fsf@posteo.net> <87im1oy6mw.fsf@posteo.net> <87czquisme.fsf@bernoul.li> <87wnoofapr.fsf@telefonica.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="38488"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: =?windows-1252?Q?=D3scar?= Fuentes , Emacs developers To: John Yates Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 16 03:36:09 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mFRXs-0009mk-Qe for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 16 Aug 2021 03:36:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34006 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mFRXr-0004hZ-12 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:36:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53328) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mFRXA-00040I-2X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:35:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:33834) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mFRX6-0007B8-Mb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:35:22 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 16C79808E3; Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:35:18 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id E3CFB8008E; Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:35:16 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1629077716; bh=hlFW8/xjIRjhQOknaIt+z98TcCpkwvVATrY5QpUA1lU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=HKTkxyPPrCYYf7NZdj3ut+zjE2NGaZRKdFTg6NpPF51L9fEpXyq8BoJX8UIQdac7i SoSBG6LbFL5mS+3oiE5S9Lp5p21zI4SbP7S5hbjYTIrTSCwChJi1le8tTZnnm+8wLw pHXAFqHiUrd5EXDWVpDWnL6fEbJw2CjuYIfCxEhdme5OC8Z+RFRMY22nfv0YLtmHEK rfyxLYn6kiykh9J/AYg8am8nOZTm+vlATluzt2AbqUXMTKvljQ5afiffR2xshLfgFy ephWUCtTtwlD0zsyMsjwJKg9xLfAk+Jf35/IPeOEwzi2o8G3PgFPDxRhnZHk8iRtk+ 95vvZ1z4DPeag== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [104.247.244.135]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B4038120346; Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:35:16 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (John Yates's message of "Sun, 15 Aug 2021 17:57:27 -0400") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:272421 Archived-At: John Yates [2021-08-15 17:57:27] wrote: > On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 8:55 AM =D3scar Fuentes wrote: >> Arthur Miller writes: >> > The strategy is to stash save all buffers belonging to the project, >> > stash everything, inclusive untracked files, and than checkout to the >> > other branch. When checked back, the stash is applied back. I don't kn= ow >> > if you have something like that in magit or if it is something general= ly >> > desirable, but I always wanted something simple and dirty to be able to >> > switch fast when I need it. >> >> How would Magit know that when you "return back" to a branch it must >> apply a certain stash? > > Rather than use a stash I would have a script that does two things: > * Creates an undo script for the next step > * Saves everything important as a new commit on the current branch. > This would include, among other things, all untracked files and the > undo script mentioned in the first step. When the users look at this outside of Magit, they'll be very confused, I think. So, I think that the kind of functionality you're asking for would be better implemented in Git than in Magit. Stefan