[kelnos]

You can set `merge.autostash` and/or `rebase.autostash` to `true` in your global git config and then you can `git pull` with a dirty working tree.

Of course, to the point of this thread, that is yet another concept you have to understand to get a sane working environment. I assume autostash is disabled by default because the post-merge/rebase unstash could result merge conflicts and be a pain to unwind if you change your mind. If you just blindly set this option based on someone else's recommendation without knowing what the stash is, and things go wrong, you'll require a mental model of the steps involved to fix it, which you won't have.

[pdimitar]

That's one more confusion vector. I for example use Git for like 10 years now and I didn't know about this option. It didn't even occur to me that it could exist.

So basically, I am proving the article's point.