From c479409dfa8d772fed23749ce5fa350d15947837 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shivam Bhalla <bhalla.shivam1997@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 17:18:34 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Show error when stashing with only untracked files

---
 pkg/gui/controllers/files_controller.go       |  3 ++
 .../tests/stash/stash_no_tracked_changes.go   | 33 +++++++++++++++++++
 pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go            |  1 +
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 pkg/integration/tests/stash/stash_no_tracked_changes.go

diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/files_controller.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/files_controller.go
index 41f9197fe75..064bdf4ede9 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/files_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/files_controller.go
@@ -1477,6 +1477,9 @@ func (self *FilesController) hasPathStagedChanges(node *filetree.FileNode) bool
 }
 
 func (self *FilesController) stash() error {
+	if !self.c.Helpers().WorkingTree.IsWorkingTreeDirtyExceptSubmodules() {
+		return errors.New(self.c.Tr.NoFilesToStash)
+	}
 	return self.handleStashSave(self.c.Git().Stash.Push, self.c.Tr.Actions.StashAllChanges)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/stash/stash_no_tracked_changes.go b/pkg/integration/tests/stash/stash_no_tracked_changes.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf70e287f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/stash/stash_no_tracked_changes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package stash
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/config"
+	. "github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/components"
+)
+
+var StashNoTrackedChanges = NewIntegrationTest(NewIntegrationTestArgs{
+	Description:  "Pressing stash with only untracked files shows an error",
+	ExtraCmdArgs: []string{},
+	Skip:         false,
+	SetupConfig:  func(config *config.AppConfig) {},
+	SetupRepo: func(shell *Shell) {
+		shell.CreateFile("untracked", "content")
+	},
+	Run: func(t *TestDriver, keys config.KeybindingConfig) {
+		t.Views().Files().
+			Lines(
+				Contains("untracked"),
+			).
+			Press(keys.Files.StashAllChanges)
+
+		t.ExpectPopup().Alert().
+			Title(Equals("Error")).
+			Content(Contains("You have no files to stash")).
+			Confirm()
+
+		t.Views().Files().
+			Lines(
+				Contains("untracked"),
+			)
+	},
+})
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go b/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
index 15ef6f8c75d..cd96e273c24 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ var tests = []*components.IntegrationTest{
 	stash.StashAll,
 	stash.StashAndKeepIndex,
 	stash.StashIncludingUntrackedFiles,
+	stash.StashNoTrackedChanges,
 	stash.StashStaged,
 	stash.StashStagedPartialFile,
 	stash.StashUnstaged,