Merge branch 'master' of git://git.bogomips.org/git-svn

* 'master' of git://git.bogomips.org/git-svn:
git-svn: ignore leading blank lines in svn:ignore
svn: Honor --prefix option in init without --stdlayout
svn: Add && to t9107-git-svn-migrate.sh

diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index 1c64a02fe576a6bdad2afcbc96391ce0c2d541c4..2f5ca7b1a361ee3b9147c4ba27535f9bb5a2fccb 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ no conflicts.
 
 clear::
        Remove all the stashed states. Note that those states will then
-       be subject to pruning, and may be difficult or impossible to recover.
+       be subject to pruning, and may be impossible to recover (see
+       'Examples' below for a possible strategy).
 
 drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]::
 
@@ -217,6 +218,20 @@ $ edit/build/test remaining parts
 $ git commit foo -m 'Remaining parts'
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
+Recovering stashes that were cleared/dropped erroneously::
+
+If you mistakenly drop or clear stashes, they cannot be recovered
+through the normal safety mechanisms.  However, you can try the
+following incantation to get a list of stashes that are still in your
+repository, but not reachable any more:
++
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+git fsck --unreachable |
+grep commit | cut -d\  -f3 |
+xargs git log --merges --no-walk --grep=WIP
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-checkout[1],