Stashed files show up as unchanged in `git status` (git v.2.16.0)

Question

I use git-for-windows v2.16.0 and encountered the following problem, which also was reported here:

I initially have a clean working state; Output of 'git status':

git status
On branch beta
nothing to commit, working tree clean

Then I make local changes. Output of git status:

git status
On branch beta
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

        modified:   app/src/main/java/android_serialport_api/sample/Debug.java

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

Then I stash them with 'git stash':

git stash
Saved working directory and index state WIP on beta: 2fca403 working on the console

Now my working directory should be clean but the output of git status still reads:

git status
On branch beta
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

        modified:   app/src/main/java/android_serialport_api/sample/Debug.java

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

Which leads to not being able to git checkout etc.

Answer 1

This is a known bug in Git for Windows and it is fixed in v2.16.0(3). Updating to a newer version will fix this bug.

Thanks to @choroba for pointing out the reported issue!