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diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index baa4f55b48..7d50d74cc9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt @@ -8,22 +8,25 @@ git-stash - Stash the changes in a dirty working directory away SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-stash' (list | show [<stash>] | apply [<stash>] | clear | drop [<stash>] | pop [<stash>]) -'git-stash' [save [<message>]] +'git stash' list +'git stash' (show | apply | drop | pop ) [<stash>] +'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>] +'git stash' [save [<message>]] +'git stash' clear DESCRIPTION ----------- -Use 'git-stash' when you want to record the current state of the +Use 'git stash' when you want to record the current state of the working directory and the index, but want to go back to a clean working directory. The command saves your local modifications away and reverts the working directory to match the `HEAD` commit. The modifications stashed away by this command can be listed with -`git-stash list`, inspected with `git-stash show`, and restored -(potentially on top of a different commit) with `git-stash apply`. -Calling git-stash without any arguments is equivalent to `git-stash -save`. A stash is by default listed as "WIP on 'branchname' ...", but +`git stash list`, inspected with `git stash show`, and restored +(potentially on top of a different commit) with `git stash apply`. +Calling `git stash` without any arguments is equivalent to `git stash save`. +A stash is by default listed as "WIP on 'branchname' ...", but you can give a more descriptive message on the command line when you create one. @@ -36,12 +39,15 @@ is also possible). OPTIONS ------- -save [<message>]:: +save [--keep-index] [<message>]:: - Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git-reset + Save your local modifications to a new 'stash', and run `git reset --hard` to revert them. This is the default action when no subcommand is given. The <message> part is optional and gives the description along with the stashed state. ++ +If the `--keep-index` option is used, all changes already added to the +index are left intact. list [<options>]:: @@ -56,15 +62,15 @@ stash@{0}: WIP on submit: 6ebd0e2... Update git-stash documentation stash@{1}: On master: 9cc0589... Add git-stash ---------------------------------------------------------------- + -The command takes options applicable to the linkgit:git-log[1] -command to control what is shown and how. +The command takes options applicable to the 'git-log' +command to control what is shown and how. See linkgit:git-log[1]. show [<stash>]:: Show the changes recorded in the stash as a diff between the stashed state and its original parent. When no `<stash>` is given, shows the latest one. By default, the command shows the diffstat, but - it will accept any format known to `git-diff` (e.g., `git-stash show + it will accept any format known to 'git-diff' (e.g., `git stash show -p stash@\{1}` to view the second most recent stash in patch form). apply [--index] [<stash>]:: @@ -81,6 +87,20 @@ tree's changes, but also the index's ones. However, this can fail, when you have conflicts (which are stored in the index, where you therefore can no longer apply the changes as they were originally). +branch <branchname> [<stash>]:: + + Creates and checks out a new branch named `<branchname>` starting from + the commit at which the `<stash>` was originally created, applies the + changes recorded in `<stash>` to the new working tree and index, then + drops the `<stash>` if that completes successfully. When no `<stash>` + is given, applies the latest one. ++ +This is useful if the branch on which you ran `git stash save` has +changed enough that `git stash apply` fails due to conflicts. Since +the stash is applied on top of the commit that was HEAD at the time +`git stash` was run, it restores the originally stashed state with +no conflicts. + clear:: Remove all the stashed states. Note that those states will then be subject to pruning, and may be difficult or impossible to recover. @@ -158,7 +178,7 @@ $ git reset --soft HEAD^ ... continue hacking ... ---------------------------------------------------------------- + -You can use `git-stash` to simplify the above, like this: +You can use 'git-stash' to simplify the above, like this: + ---------------------------------------------------------------- ... hack hack hack ... @@ -169,6 +189,24 @@ $ git stash apply ... continue hacking ... ---------------------------------------------------------------- +Testing partial commits:: + +You can use `git stash save --keep-index` when you want to make two or +more commits out of the changes in the work tree, and you want to test +each change before committing: ++ +---------------------------------------------------------------- +... hack hack hack ... +$ git add --patch foo # add just first part to the index +$ git stash save --keep-index # save all other changes to the stash +$ edit/build/test first part +$ git commit foo -m 'First part' # commit fully tested change +$ git stash pop # prepare to work on all other changes +... repeat above five steps until one commit remains ... +$ edit/build/test remaining parts +$ git commit foo -m 'Remaining parts' +---------------------------------------------------------------- + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-checkout[1], |