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GIT-STASH(1)			  Git Manual			  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 [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet]
		    [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [<message>]]
       git stash clear
       git stash create [<message>]
       git stash store [-m|--message <message>] [-q|--quiet] <commit>

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 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 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 be 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. This
	   is intended to be useful for scripts. It is probably not the
	   command you want to use; see "save" above.

       store
	   Store a given stash created via git stash create (which is a
	   dangling merge commit) in the stash ref, updating the stash reflog.
	   This is intended to be useful for scripts. It is probably not the
	   command you want to use; see "save" above.

DISCUSSION
       A stash is represented as a commit whose tree records the state of the
       working directory, and its first parent is the 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 ...

	   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

SEE ALSO
       git-checkout(1), git-commit(1), git-reflog(1), git-reset(1)

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite

Git 1.8.4.5			  12/05/2013			  GIT-STASH(1)
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