Git

Stash Commands

Git stash is your safety net for switching contexts. Learn to save work-in-progress, apply stashes selectively, and manage your stash list to maintain a clean workflow.

12 commands

Pro Tips

Use 'git stash push -m "description"' to name your stashes - makes finding them later much easier.

Use 'git stash -k' (--keep-index) to stash only unstaged changes while keeping staged files.

Consider 'git stash apply' over 'git stash pop' - it applies without deleting, safer if conflicts occur.

Common Mistakes

Stashes are local only and can be lost if you reset or delete your repo. Don't use stash for long-term storage.

The stash is a stack - 'git stash pop' removes the most recent stash, which might not be what you want.

Commands

Stash changes

$ git stash

Stash uncommitted changes.

Stash with message

$ git stash push -m "WIP: feature"

Stash with descriptive message.

Stash including untracked

$ git stash -u

Stash including untracked files.

Stash specific files

$ git stash push <file1> <file2>

Stash only specific files.

List stashes

$ git stash list

Show all stashed changes.

Show stash contents

$ git stash show -p stash@{0}

Show diff of stash contents.

Apply stash

$ git stash apply

Apply latest stash, keep in list.

Apply specific stash

$ git stash apply stash@{2}

Apply specific stash by index.

Pop stash

$ git stash pop

Apply and remove latest stash.

Drop stash

$ git stash drop stash@{0}

Remove specific stash.

Clear all stashes

$ git stash clear

Remove all stashes.

Create branch from stash

$ git stash branch <branch> stash@{0}

Create branch and apply stash.

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