DESCRIPTION
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-Use 'git stash' when you want to record the current state of the
+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.
you can give a more descriptive message on the command line when
you create one.
-The latest stash you created is stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/stash`; older
+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}`
stash@{1}: On master: 9cc0589... Add git-stash
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+
-The command takes options applicable to the 'git-log'
+The command takes options applicable to the 'git log'
command to control what is shown and how. See linkgit: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
+ 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>]::
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.
+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.
+ 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, then
- drops the `<stash>` if that completes successfully. When no `<stash>`
+ 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
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}`
+ 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::
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+
-You can use 'git-stash' to simplify the above, like this:
+You can use 'git stash' to simplify the above, like this:
+
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