A blog by Devendra Tewari
git stash can be a useful mechanism to set aside work you’re not ready to commit yet.
To stash staged changes simply run
git stash
Files in working directory not added to index are not affected, unless you add the -u option to stash those as well.
To view a list of stashes
git stash list
To inspect details of latest stash
git stash show stash@{0}
0 is the id shown by stash list. Use of stash@{0} is optional for latest stash entry.
To apply changes in latest stash to working directory
git stash apply
To eliminate the latest stash (use pop to apply and drop)
git stash drop
If stash apply or pop fails due to conflicts, but you still want to stage the changes, try
git checkout stash -- .
-- indicates current branch. The single dot indicates path beginning at current directory, but may be several different path specs. stash may be replaced with stash@{0}, use a different id to work with older stashes.