git-stash
(1)
Name
git-stash - Stash the changes in a dirty working directory
away
Synopsis
git stash list [<options>]
git stash show [<stash>]
git stash drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
git stash ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
git stash branch <branchname> [<stash>]
git stash [save [--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet]
[-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [<message>]]
git stash clear
git stash create
Description
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NAME
git-stash - Stash the changes in a dirty working directory
away
SYNOPSIS
git stash list [<options>]
git stash show [<stash>]
git stash drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
git stash ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
git stash branch <branchname> [<stash>]
git stash [save [--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet]
[-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [<message>]]
git stash clear
git stash create
DESCRIPTION
Use git stash when you want to record the current state of
the working directory and the index, but want to go back to
a clean working directory. The command saves your local
modifications away and reverts the working directory to
match the HEAD commit.
The modifications stashed away by this command can be listed
with git stash list, inspected with git stash show, and
restored (potentially on top of a different commit) with git
stash apply. Calling git stash without any arguments is
equivalent to git stash save. A stash is by default listed
as "WIP on branchname ...", but you can give a more
descriptive message on the command line when you create one.
The latest stash you created is stored in refs/stash; older
stashes are found in the reflog of this reference and can be
named using the usual reflog syntax (e.g. stash@{0} is the
most recently created stash, stash@{1} is the one before it,
stash@{2.hours.ago} is also possible).
OPTIONS
save [-p|--patch] [--[no-]keep-index]
[-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]
Save your local modifications to a new stash, and run
git reset --hard to revert them. The <message> part is
optional and gives the description along with the
stashed state. For quickly making a snapshot, you can
omit both "save" and <message>, but giving only
<message> does not trigger this action to prevent a
misspelled subcommand from making an unwanted stash.
If the --keep-index option is used, all changes already
added to the index are left intact.
If the --include-untracked option is used, all untracked
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files are also stashed and then cleaned up with git
clean, leaving the working directory in a very clean
state. If the --all option is used instead then the
ignored files are stashed and cleaned in addition to the
untracked files.
With --patch, you can interactively select hunks from
the diff between HEAD and the working tree to be
stashed. The stash entry is constructed such that its
index state is the same as the index state of your
repository, and its worktree contains only the changes
you selected interactively. The selected changes are
then rolled back from your worktree. See the
"Interactive Mode" section of git-add(1) to learn how to
operate the --patch mode.
The --patch option implies --keep-index. You can use
--no-keep-index to override this.
list [<options>]
List the stashes that you currently have. Each stash is
listed with its name (e.g. stash@{0} is the latest
stash, stash@{1} is the one before, etc.), the name of
the branch that was current when the stash was made, and
a short description of the commit the stash was based
on.
stash@{0}: WIP on submit: 6ebd0e2... Update git-stash documentation
stash@{1}: On master: 9cc0589... Add git-stash
The command takes options applicable to the git log
command to control what is shown and how. See git-
log(1).
show [<stash>]
Show the changes recorded in the stash as a diff between
the stashed state and its original parent. When no
<stash> is given, shows the latest one. By default, the
command shows the diffstat, but it will accept any
format known to git diff (e.g., git stash show -p
stash@{1} to view the second most recent stash in patch
form).
pop [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
Remove a single stashed state from the stash list and
apply it on top of the current working tree state, i.e.,
do the inverse operation of git stash save. The working
directory must match the index.
Applying the state can fail with conflicts; in this
case, it is not removed from the stash list. You need to
resolve the conflicts by hand and call git stash drop
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manually afterwards.
If the --index option is used, then tries to reinstate
not only the working tree's changes, but also the
index's ones. However, this can fail, when you have
conflicts (which are stored in the index, where you
therefore can no longer apply the changes as they were
originally).
When no <stash> is given, stash@{0} is assumed,
otherwise <stash> must be a reference of the form
stash@{<revision>}.
apply [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
Like pop, but do not remove the state from the stash
list. Unlike pop, <stash> may be any commit that looks
like a commit created by stash save or stash create.
branch <branchname> [<stash>]
Creates and checks out a new branch named <branchname>
starting from the commit at which the <stash> was
originally created, applies the changes recorded in
<stash> to the new working tree and index. If that
succeeds, and <stash> is a reference of the form
stash@{<revision>}, it then drops the <stash>. When no
<stash> is given, applies the latest one.
This is useful if the branch on which you ran git stash
save has changed enough that git stash apply fails due
to conflicts. Since the stash is applied on top of the
commit that was HEAD at the time git stash was run, it
restores the originally stashed state with no conflicts.
clear
Remove all the stashed states. Note that those states
will then be subject to pruning, and may be impossible
to recover (see Examples below for a possible strategy).
drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
Remove a single stashed state from the stash list. When
no <stash> is given, it removes the latest one. i.e.
stash@{0}, otherwise <stash> must a valid stash log
reference of the form stash@{<revision>}.
create
Create a stash (which is a regular commit object) and
return its object name, without storing it anywhere in
the ref namespace.
DISCUSSION
A stash is represented as a commit whose tree records the
state of the working directory, and its first parent is the
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commit at HEAD when the stash was created. The tree of the
second parent records the state of the index when the stash
is made, and it is made a child of the HEAD commit. The
ancestry graph looks like this:
.----W
/ /
-----H----I
where H is the HEAD commit, I is a commit that records the
state of the index, and W is a commit that records the state
of the working tree.
EXAMPLES
Pulling into a dirty tree
When you are in the middle of something, you learn that
there are upstream changes that are possibly relevant to
what you are doing. When your local changes do not
conflict with the changes in the upstream, a simple git
pull will let you move forward.
However, there are cases in which your local changes do
conflict with the upstream changes, and git pull refuses
to overwrite your changes. In such a case, you can stash
your changes away, perform a pull, and then unstash,
like this:
$ git pull
...
file foobar not up to date, cannot merge.
$ git stash
$ git pull
$ git stash pop
Interrupted workflow
When you are in the middle of something, your boss comes
in and demands that you fix something immediately.
Traditionally, you would make a commit to a temporary
branch to store your changes away, and return to your
original branch to make the emergency fix, like this:
# ... hack hack hack ...
$ git checkout -b my_wip
$ git commit -a -m "WIP"
$ git checkout master
$ edit emergency fix
$ git commit -a -m "Fix in a hurry"
$ git checkout my_wip
$ git reset --soft HEAD^
# ... continue hacking ...
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You can use git stash to simplify the above, like this:
# ... hack hack hack ...
$ git stash
$ edit emergency fix
$ git commit -a -m "Fix in a hurry"
$ git stash pop
# ... continue hacking ...
Testing partial commits
You can use git stash save --keep-index when you want to
make two or more commits out of the changes in the work
tree, and you want to test each change before
committing:
# ... hack hack hack ...
$ git add --patch foo # add just first part to the index
$ git stash save --keep-index # save all other changes to the stash
$ edit/build/test first part
$ git commit -m 'First part' # commit fully tested change
$ git stash pop # prepare to work on all other changes
# ... repeat above five steps until one commit remains ...
$ edit/build/test remaining parts
$ git commit foo -m 'Remaining parts'
Recovering stashes that were cleared/dropped erroneously
If you mistakenly drop or clear stashes, they cannot be
recovered through the normal safety mechanisms. However,
you can try the following incantation to get a list of
stashes that are still in your repository, but not
reachable any more:
git fsck --unreachable |
grep commit | cut -d\ -f3 |
xargs git log --merges --no-walk --grep=WIP
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+--------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Availability | developer/versioning/git |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------------+
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SEE ALSO
git-checkout(1), git-commit(1), git-reflog(1), git-reset(1)
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from http://git-
core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.9.2.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://git-scm.com/.
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