On this exercise, we will go through the "hidden" and safe world of using git stash.

Context

As we start with git, we are often hammered with commands like, git commit/git diff/git push/git pull. But when it comes to real life usage in a big repository and hundreds branches, there is a whole more that kicks in. Eg. git rebase and git amend, as we covered in a previous post, click HERE to go to it.

But what if Im still working in my changes and not ready to commit them, but still need to be saved to make tests or to resume work after something ???

Introducing ... git stash.

git stash

This is meant to save your local changes temporarely. For every "stashed" saved, a new index will be created that can be applied or dropped.

command	Description
git stash push -u -m "message"	Stash untracked files and current changes
git stash list	List the stash index
git stash pop	The stash index is applied AND removed from the list
git stash apply	The stash index is applied AND kept in the list
git stash drop	The stash index is discarded
git stash show -p stash@{index-number}	shows detailed diff

I definetely learned this in the hard way, but it is practical and makes things safer while work is still in progress. 😁