git-snapshot shell script suggestion

[xim]

There's a suggestion to add git stash && git stash apply to cron in https://jwiegley.github.io/git-from-the-bottom-up/4-Stashing-and-the-reflog.html

That's probably not a great idea. It'll trigger "files have changed" prompts in editors, fill your stash list with garbage. and might hit races is you're writing or compiling code while the cron job hits.

If you really wanted to do something like this, you probably want to make your own copy of the index in order to commit the changes to a local branch or something.

But I'd suggest just dropping the final line of that section.