git-stash: do not remove a ref by hand.

Somebody on #git noticed that "git stash clear" left a packed
ref behind for ref/stash.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/git-stash.sh b/git-stash.sh
index d9cd42d4b3..f90dffd4ca 100755
--- a/git-stash.sh
+++ b/git-stash.sh
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ no_changes () {
 }
 
 clear_stash () {
-	logfile="$GIT_DIR/logs/$ref_stash" &&
-	mkdir -p "$(dirname "$logfile")" &&
-	: >"$logfile"
+	if current=$(git rev-parse --verify $ref_stash 2>/dev/null)
+	then
+		git update-ref -d refs/stash $current
+	fi
 }
 
 save_stash () {