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Git stash

The git stash command can be use to save changes, without committing them. Useful when switching branch, but having unfinished changes on another.

You can have as many stash entry as you want.

Basic use

1. stash changes made to a branch, if you have untracked file (file never checked), include them with -u

   git stash or git stash -u

2. reapply those changes with

   git stash pop

Note: pop apply the last stash entry and delete it.

Other related command

command	action
git stash apply	apply the last stash entry but does not delete it (as oppose to pop)
git stash list	list all the available stash entry
git stash apply stash@{n}	apply the nth stash (get the number with stash list)
git stash drop stash@{n}	delete the nth stash
git stash clear	clear all the stash