git pull fails 'error: refs/stash does not point to a valid object!'

Question

git pull is giving this error:

$ git pull
error: refs/stash does not point to a valid object!
error: refs/stash does not point to a valid object!
error: refs/sta         


        

Answer 1

The simplest thing would be to completely remove your stash. Note that you’ll need to remove two files - not one file, as outlined in the linked solution:

rm .git/refs/stash .git/logs/refs/stash