What is git stash & How to git stash Apply

Git Stash is a distributed Version control tool. Git that locally stores all the most recent changes in a workspace. it’s means git stash to store safely in a hidden place (the stash stack).

Step : How to git stash Apply

• Git stash
• git stash list
• git stash apply
• git stash clear

Step 1: Git stash

Use ” Cat ” command to create new git code file and write something on that file “Ex: This is my code which I will store in stash” and “Ctrl+D” to save.

# cat >workfile
# git status

# git add .
# git commit -m “stash commit”
# git log –oneline

Open same file “workfile” add something new cord

# vi workfile

Use ” git stash ” command to save working code into stash
Note: stash will save before “add and commite“

# cat workfile
# git stash

Step 2 : git stash list

Use “git stash list” command to check stash storage

# git stash list

add something on that file

# vi workfile

Now that are showing my second stash ” stash@ {1}“

# git stash
# git stash list

# cat workfile

Step 3: git stash apply

# git stash apply stash@{0}

# cat workingfile

Now, you can “add and commit” restore stash data

# git add.
# git commit -m “stash file commit”

Restore, another stash data

# git stash apply stash@{1}
# vi workingfile

change and arrange restore stash data

# git add.
# git commit -m “conflit file commit”

Check final commit data

# git status
# git log –oneline

Step 4: git stash clear

If, you want to clean all stash date after restore use “git stash clear”

# git stash list
# git stash clear
# git stash list

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