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Stash

Use Stash to save current changes in a temporary memory.

Create

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git stash

Warning

Untracked changes are not stashed
Always use git status first

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git stash -u

Info

Untracked changes are also stashed ! 

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git stash save My Stash cool name

Info

Stash is saved with the name "My stash cool name"

List

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git stash list

Exemple

Return a stash list

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stash@{0}: On master : My stash cool name
stash@{1} : WIP on master : Remove IE9 support

Apply

Bring changes back 

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git stash apply

Info

Apply most recent stash

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git stash apply stash@{1}

Info

Apply stash n°1

Delete

Delete remaining stash

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git stash drop

Info

Drop most recent stash

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git stash drop stash@{1}

Info

Drop stash n°1

Show

Display changes saved in stash

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git stash show

Info

Show most recent stash

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git stash show stash@{1}

Info

Show stash n°1

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git stash show -p stash@{1}

Tip

Add more details with -p

Stash to another branch

Use Case : Move all current changes to a new branch

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git stash 
git stash branch iglooStash

Info

Automatically create & move you to 'iglooStash' branch
Move changes to this branch
Remove latest stash