Save tracked changes with a message.
Section: Stash Workflows
Create a named stash
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git stash push -m "WIP before review"Explanation
Messages make stash history much easier to understand in long-running repositories.
Learn the surrounding workflow
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Stash unstaged changes only
Keep staged changes in the index and stash the rest.
List stashes with diffstat
See stash entries and a compact summary of their changes.
Show full patch for a stash
Inspect the actual diff stored in a stash entry.
Create a branch from a stash
Check out a new branch and apply a stash there.