Subject: [PATCH v3] stash: honor --no-overwrite-ignore with --all

From: Pushkar Singh <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 18:04:00 +0000

Teach stash push/save to avoid -a cleanup when --no-overwrite-ignore
is given by downgrading INCLUDE_ALL_FILES to include-untracked.

This fixes ignored files being incorrectly removed despite
--no-overwrite-ignore.

Add regression tests covering both overwrite and no-overwrite cases.

Signed-off-by: Pushkar Singh <[email-masked]>
---
Changes since v2:
- Use test_grep instead of grep
- Use test_path_is_missing for overwrite-ignore test
- Rebase onto current master so patch applies cleanly

 builtin/stash.c                    | 14 ++++++++------
 t/t3905-stash-include-untracked.sh | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/stash.c b/builtin/stash.c
index 82d10520fe..c3ee33cce1 100644
--- a/builtin/stash.c
+++ b/builtin/stash.c
@@ -1858,9 +1858,7 @@ static int push_stash(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 		OPT_SET_INT('a', "all", &include_untracked,
 			    N_("include ignore files"), 2),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "overwrite-ignore", &overwrite_ignore,
-			N_("update ignored files (default)")),
-		OPT_BOOL(0, "no-overwrite-ignore", &overwrite_ignore,
-			N_("do not update ignored files")),
+			 N_("update ignored files")),
 		OPT_STRING('m', "message", &stash_msg, N_("message"),
 			   N_("stash message")),
 		OPT_PATHSPEC_FROM_FILE(&pathspec_from_file),
@@ -1894,6 +1892,9 @@ static int push_stash(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 	parse_pathspec(&ps, 0, PATHSPEC_PREFER_FULL | PATHSPEC_PREFIX_ORIGIN,
 		       prefix, argv);
 
+	if (!overwrite_ignore && include_untracked == INCLUDE_ALL_FILES)
+		include_untracked = 1;
+
 	if (pathspec_from_file) {
 		if (patch_mode)
 			die(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"), "--pathspec-from-file", "--patch");
@@ -1965,9 +1966,7 @@ static int save_stash(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 		OPT_SET_INT('a', "all", &include_untracked,
 			    N_("include ignore files"), 2),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "overwrite-ignore", &overwrite_ignore,
-				N_("update ignored files (default)")),
-		OPT_BOOL(0, "no-overwrite-ignore", &overwrite_ignore,
-				N_("do not update ignored files")),
+			 N_("update ignored files")),
 		OPT_STRING('m', "message", &stash_msg, "message",
 			   N_("stash message")),
 		OPT_END()
@@ -1994,6 +1993,9 @@ static int save_stash(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 			die(_("the option '%s' requires '%s'"), "--inter-hunk-context", "--patch");
 	}
 
+	if (!overwrite_ignore && include_untracked == INCLUDE_ALL_FILES)
+		include_untracked = 1;
+
 	ret = do_push_stash(&ps, stash_msg, quiet, keep_index,
 			    patch_mode, &add_p_opt, include_untracked,
 			    only_staged);
diff --git a/t/t3905-stash-include-untracked.sh b/t/t3905-stash-include-untracked.sh
index 9c5421cd76..63b59de47b 100755
--- a/t/t3905-stash-include-untracked.sh
+++ b/t/t3905-stash-include-untracked.sh
@@ -427,17 +427,29 @@ test_expect_success 'stash -u ignores sub-repository' '
 	git stash -u
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'stash push --no-overwrite-ignore preserves ignored files' '
+test_expect_success 'stash push -a --no-overwrite-ignore preserves ignored files' '
 	echo ignored.txt >>.gitignore &&
 	echo before >ignored.txt &&
 	git add .gitignore &&
 	git commit -m "add ignore" &&
 
 	echo after >ignored.txt &&
-	git stash push --no-overwrite-ignore &&
+	git stash push -a --no-overwrite-ignore &&
 
 	test_path_is_file ignored.txt &&
-	grep after ignored.txt
+	test_grep after ignored.txt
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'stash push -a --overwrite-ignore overwrites ignored files' '
+	echo ignored.txt >>.gitignore &&
+	echo before >ignored.txt &&
+	git add .gitignore &&
+	git commit -m "add ignore" &&
+
+	echo after >ignored.txt &&
+	git stash push -a --overwrite-ignore &&
+
+	test_path_is_missing ignored.txt
 '
 
 test_done
-- 
2.43.0