Stashing

Stashing is a feature that allows you to temporarily save changes in your working directory without committing them.

It's useful when you need to switch to a different branch to work on something else but don't want to commit or lose your current changes.

When you stash, Git removes the modified files and changes from your working directory and saves them in a separate store.

The stash works like a stack (first in, last out), so you can save multiple sets of changes.

• git stash: Save current staged and unstaged changes (excluding untracked files).

  • -u - Include untracked files too.

  • push -m "<message>" - Save changes with a custom message.

  • list - List all saved stashes.

    Each entry includes its index, the branch where it was created, and an optional message.

  • pop - Apply (bring back) the most recent stash and remove it from the stash store.

    Use apply to apply a stash without removing it from the store.

    • <index_no> - Apply a specific stash.

  • drop <index_no> - Delete a specific stash from the list.

  • clear - Remove all stashed entries.