1git-stash(1) 2============ 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-stash - Stash the changes in a dirty working directory away 7 8SYNOPSIS 9-------- 10[verse] 11'git-stash' (list | show [<stash>] | apply [<stash>] | clear) 12'git-stash' [save] [message...] 13 14DESCRIPTION 15----------- 16 17Use 'git-stash' when you want to record the current state of the 18working directory and the index, but want to go back to a clean 19working directory. The command saves your local modifications away 20and reverts the working directory to match the `HEAD` commit. 21 22The modifications stashed away by this command can be listed with 23`git-stash list`, inspected with `git-stash show`, and restored 24(potentially on top of a different commit) with `git-stash apply`. 25Calling git-stash without any arguments is equivalent to `git-stash 26save`. A stash is by default listed as "WIP on 'branchname' ...", but 27you can give a more descriptive message on the command line when 28you create one. 29 30The latest stash you created is stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/stash`; older 31stashes are found in the reflog of this reference and can be named using 32the usual reflog syntax (e.g. `stash@\{0}` is the most recently 33created stash, `stash@\{1}` is the one before it, `stash@\{2.hours.ago}` 34is also possible). 35 36OPTIONS 37------- 38 39save:: 40 41 Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git-reset 42 --hard` to revert them. This is the default action when no 43 subcommand is given. 44 45list:: 46 47 List the stashes that you currently have. Each 'stash' is listed 48 with its name (e.g. `stash@\{0}` is the latest stash, `stash@\{1}` is 49 the one before, etc.), the name of the branch that was current when the 50 stash was made, and a short description of the commit the stash was 51 based on. 52+ 53---------------------------------------------------------------- 54stash@{0}: WIP on submit: 6ebd0e2... Update git-stash documentation 55stash@{1}: On master: 9cc0589... Add git-stash 56---------------------------------------------------------------- 57 58show [<stash>]:: 59 60 Show the changes recorded in the stash as a diff between the 61 stashed state and its original parent. When no `<stash>` is given, 62 shows the latest one. By default, the command shows the diffstat, but 63 it will accept any format known to `git-diff` (e.g., `git-stash show 64 -p stash@\{1}` to view the second most recent stash in patch form). 65 66apply [--index] [<stash>]:: 67 68 Restore the changes recorded in the stash on top of the current 69 working tree state. When no `<stash>` is given, applies the latest 70 one. The working directory must match the index. 71+ 72This operation can fail with conflicts; you need to resolve them 73by hand in the working tree. 74+ 75If the `--index` option is used, then tries to reinstate not only the working 76tree's changes, but also the index's ones. However, this can fail, when you 77have conflicts (which are stored in the index, where you therefore can no 78longer apply the changes as they were originally). 79 80clear:: 81 Remove all the stashed states. Note that those states will then 82 be subject to pruning, and may be difficult or impossible to recover. 83 84 85DISCUSSION 86---------- 87 88A stash is represented as a commit whose tree records the state of the 89working directory, and its first parent is the commit at `HEAD` when 90the stash was created. The tree of the second parent records the 91state of the index when the stash is made, and it is made a child of 92the `HEAD` commit. The ancestry graph looks like this: 93 94 .----W 95 / / 96 -----H----I 97 98where `H` is the `HEAD` commit, `I` is a commit that records the state 99of the index, and `W` is a commit that records the state of the working 100tree. 101 102 103EXAMPLES 104-------- 105 106Pulling into a dirty tree:: 107 108When you are in the middle of something, you learn that there are 109upstream changes that are possibly relevant to what you are 110doing. When your local changes do not conflict with the changes in 111the upstream, a simple `git pull` will let you move forward. 112+ 113However, there are cases in which your local changes do conflict with 114the upstream changes, and `git pull` refuses to overwrite your 115changes. In such a case, you can stash your changes away, 116perform a pull, and then unstash, like this: 117+ 118---------------------------------------------------------------- 119$ git pull 120... 121file foobar not up to date, cannot merge. 122$ git stash 123$ git pull 124$ git stash apply 125---------------------------------------------------------------- 126 127Interrupted workflow:: 128 129When you are in the middle of something, your boss comes in and 130demands that you fix something immediately. Traditionally, you would 131make a commit to a temporary branch to store your changes away, and 132return to your original branch to make the emergency fix, like this: 133+ 134---------------------------------------------------------------- 135... hack hack hack ... 136$ git checkout -b my_wip 137$ git commit -a -m "WIP" 138$ git checkout master 139$ edit emergency fix 140$ git commit -a -m "Fix in a hurry" 141$ git checkout my_wip 142$ git reset --soft HEAD^ 143... continue hacking ... 144---------------------------------------------------------------- 145+ 146You can use `git-stash` to simplify the above, like this: 147+ 148---------------------------------------------------------------- 149... hack hack hack ... 150$ git stash 151$ edit emergency fix 152$ git commit -a -m "Fix in a hurry" 153$ git stash apply 154... continue hacking ... 155---------------------------------------------------------------- 156 157SEE ALSO 158-------- 159linkgit:git-checkout[1], 160linkgit:git-commit[1], 161linkgit:git-reflog[1], 162linkgit:git-reset[1] 163 164AUTHOR 165------ 166Written by Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@bluebottle.com> 167 168GIT 169--- 170Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite