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Document git-stash
This describes the git-stash command. I borrowed a few paragraphs from Johannes's version, and added a few examples. Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
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git-stash(1)
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NAME
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git-stash - Stash the changes in a dirty working directory away
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SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
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'git-stash'
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'git-stash' [list | show [<stash>] | apply [<stash>] | clear]
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DESCRIPTION
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Use 'git-stash' when you want to record the current state of the
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working directory and the index, but want to go back to a clean
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working directory. The command saves your local modifications away
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and reverts the working directory to match the `HEAD` commit.
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The modifications stashed away by this command can be listed with
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`git-stash list`, inspected with `git-stash show`, and restored
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(potentially on top of a different commit) with `git-stash apply`
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commands. The default operation when called without options is to
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save the changes away.
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The latest stash you created is stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/stash`; older
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stashes are found in the reflog of this refererence and can be named using
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the usual reflog syntax (e.g. `stash@{1}` is the stash one previously made,
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`stash@{2}` is the one before it, `stash@{2.hours.ago}` is also possible).
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OPTIONS
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(no subcommand)::
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Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git-reset
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--hard` to revert them.
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list::
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List the stashes that you currently have. Each 'stash' is listed
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with its name (e.g. `stash@{0}` is the latest stash, `stash@{1} is
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the one before), the name of the branch that was current when the
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stash was made, and a short description of the commit the stash was
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based on.
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stash@{0}: submit: 6ebd0e2... Add git-stash
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stash@{1}: master: 9cc0589... Merge branch 'master' of gfi
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show [<stash>]::
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Show the changes recorded in the stash. When no `<stash>` is given,
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shows the latest one. By default, the command shows diffstat, but
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you can add `-p` option (i.e. `git stash show -p stash@{2}`) to view
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it in patch form.
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apply [<stash>]::
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Restores the changes recorded in the stash on top of the current
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working tree state. When no `<stash>` is given, applies the latest
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one. The working directory must match the index. When the changes
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conflict, you need to resolve them by hand and mark the result with
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`git add` as usual. When the changes are cleanly merged, your
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earlier local changes stored in the stash becomes the differences
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between the index and the working tree (i.e. `git diff`), except
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that newly created files are registered in the index (i.e. `git diff
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--cached` is necessary to review the newly added files).
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clear::
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Removes all the stashed states.
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DISCUSSION
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A stash is represented as a commit whose tree records the state of the
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working directory, and its first parent is the commit at `HEAD` when
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the stash was created. The tree of the second parent records the
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state of the index when the stash is made, and it is made a child of
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the `HEAD` commit. The ancestry graph looks like this:
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...--H----I
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where `H` is the `HEAD` commit, `I` is a commit that records the state
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of the index, and `W` is a commit that records the state of the working
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tree.
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EXAMPLES
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Pulling into a dirty tree::
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When you are in the middle of something, you learn that there are
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changes that possibly are relevant to what you are doing in the
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upstream. When your local changes do not conflict with the changes in
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the upstream, a simple `git pull` will let you move forward.
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However, there are cases in which your local changes do conflict with
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the upstream changes, and `git pull` refuses to overwrite your
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changes. In such a case, you can first stash your changes away,
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perform a pull, and then unstash, like this:
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$ git pull
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file foobar not up to date, cannot merge.
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$ git stash
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$ git pull
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$ git stash apply
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Interrupted workflow::
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When you are in the middle of something, your boss comes in and
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demands you to fix something immediately. Traditionally, you would
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make a commit to a temporary branch to store your changes away, and
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come back to make the emergency fix, like this:
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... hack hack hack ...
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$ git checkout -b my_wip
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$ git commit -a -m "WIP"
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$ git checkout master
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$ edit emergency fix
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$ git commit -a -m "Fix in a hurry"
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$ git checkout my_wip
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$ git reset --soft HEAD^
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... continue hacking ...
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You can use `git-stash` to simplify the above, like this:
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... hack hack hack ...
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$ git stash
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$ edit emergency fix
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$ git commit -a -m "Fix in a hurry"
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$ git stash apply
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... continue hacking ...
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SEE ALSO
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gitlink:git-checkout[1],
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gitlink:git-commit[1],
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gitlink:git-reflog[1],
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gitlink:git-reset[1]
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AUTHOR
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Written by Nanako Shiraishi <[email protected]>
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite

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