Subject: [PATCH] stash: infer "push" when push-specific options are given

From: Deveshi Dwivedi <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 14:36:40 +0000

When "git stash" is run without the "push" subcommand, the command
tries to assume "push" but rejects any non-option arguments (i.e.,
pathspecs without "--") to avoid treating a misspelled subcommand
name as a pathspec.  The only exception is "-p", which sets
force_assume and allows pathspecs to follow.

This means "git stash -m foo file" is rejected even though "-m" is
unambiguously a "push" option, and the user's intent is clear.  The
same applies to other push-specific options like "--staged",
"--keep-index", "--include-untracked", and "--pathspec-from-file".

Expand the set of options that force the "push" assumption to
include all push-specific options, so that pathspec arguments are
accepted without requiring "--" or the explicit "push" subcommand
when the command line already contains a push-only option.

This was marked as #leftoverbits in [1].

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email-masked]/

Signed-off-by: Deveshi Dwivedi <[email-masked]>
---
 builtin/stash.c  |  4 +++-
 t/t3903-stash.sh | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builtin/stash.c b/builtin/stash.c
index 95c5005b0b..197814241c 100644
--- a/builtin/stash.c
+++ b/builtin/stash.c
@@ -1877,7 +1877,9 @@ static int push_stash(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 		argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options,
 				     push_assumed ? git_stash_usage :
 				     git_stash_push_usage, flags);
-		force_assume |= patch_mode;
+		force_assume |= patch_mode || stash_msg ||
+			keep_index != -1 || only_staged ||
+			include_untracked || pathspec_from_file;
 	}
 
 	if (argc) {
diff --git a/t/t3903-stash.sh b/t/t3903-stash.sh
index 70879941c2..9812b64989 100755
--- a/t/t3903-stash.sh
+++ b/t/t3903-stash.sh
@@ -414,6 +414,27 @@ test_expect_success 'dont assume push with non-option args' '
 	test_grep -e "subcommand wasn'\''t specified; '\''push'\'' can'\''t be assumed due to unexpected token '\''drop'\''" err
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'assume push when options imply push' '
+	git reset --hard &&
+	echo changed >file &&
+	git add file &&
+	git stash -m "implied push" file &&
+	git stash pop &&
+
+	git add file &&
+	git stash --staged file &&
+	git stash pop &&
+
+	git add file &&
+	git stash --keep-index file &&
+	git stash pop &&
+
+	echo untracked >untracked-file &&
+	git stash --include-untracked untracked-file &&
+	test_path_is_missing untracked-file &&
+	git stash pop
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'stash --invalid-option' '
 	echo bar5 >file &&
 	echo bar6 >file2 &&

base-commit: 2855562ca6a9c6b0e7bc780b050c1e83c9fcfbd0
-- 
2.52.0.230.gd8af7cadaa