Question: I'm getting this error when running "git stash"

```
Cannot save the current status

```

with no other information.

Why is that?

Answer: 
For me,

```
cd .git/
sudo chmod -R 777 *
sudo chown -R owner:owner *
git add . && git stash

```

Worked
This is an old question, but this may help Mac users.

If you are copying files from Time Machine manually, instead of restoring them through Time Machine, it'll add [ACLs](http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/apple-in-the-enterprise/introduction-to-os-x-access-control-lists-acls/) to everything, which can mess up your permissions.

For example, the section in [this article](http://dreamlight.com/how-to-fix-mac-os-x-file-permissions/) that says "How to Fix Mac OS X File Permissions" shows that "everyone" has custom permissions, which messes it all up:

Bad permissions, from <http://dreamlight.com/how-to-fix-mac-os-x-file-permissions>

You need to remove the ACLs from those directories/files. [This Super User answer](https://superuser.com/a/299912) goes into it, but here's the command:

sudo chmod -RN .

Then you can make sure your directories and files have the proper permissions. I use 750 for directories and 644 for files.