Re: feature/package+vc 04c4c578c7 3/4: Allow for packages to be installed directly from VCS

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
> Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 22:22:42 +0000
> 
> > From the shell prompt, "git pull" will fail if the changes are in the
> > same file as one of those whose changes are brought in by the pull,
> > but either using --rebase or maybe the stash/pull/unstash dance should
> > take care of that, I guess?
> 
> Right, I believe it was something along these lines but this is
> something that is difficult to automate.

Can you elaborate on the "difficult" part?  You could always stash any
local changes before pulling, then un-stashing them after.  This
should work reliably, I think?