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diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt index 2e9e344cd7..00f95fee1f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt @@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git stash' drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>] 'git stash' branch <branchname> [<stash>] -'git stash' [save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] - [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [<message>]] +'git stash' save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] + [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [<message>] +'git stash' [push [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet] + [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-m|--message <message>]] + [--] [<pathspec>...]] 'git stash' clear 'git stash' create [<message>] 'git stash' store [-m|--message <message>] [-q|--quiet] <commit> @@ -46,14 +49,24 @@ OPTIONS ------- save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [<message>]:: +push [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-q|--quiet] [-m|--message <message>] [--] [<pathspec>...]:: - Save your local modifications to a new 'stash' and roll them + Save your local modifications to a new 'stash entry' and roll them back to HEAD (in the working tree and in the index). The <message> part is optional and gives - the description along with the stashed state. For quickly making - a snapshot, you can omit _both_ "save" and <message>, but giving - only <message> does not trigger this action to prevent a misspelled - subcommand from making an unwanted stash. + the description along with the stashed state. ++ +For quickly making a snapshot, you can omit "push". In this mode, +non-option arguments are not allowed to prevent a misspelled +subcommand from making an unwanted stash entry. The two exceptions to this +are `stash -p` which acts as alias for `stash push -p` and pathspecs, +which are allowed after a double hyphen `--` for disambiguation. ++ +When pathspec is given to 'git stash push', the new stash entry records the +modified states only for the files that match the pathspec. The index +entries and working tree files are then rolled back to the state in +HEAD only for these files, too, leaving files that do not match the +pathspec intact. + If the `--keep-index` option is used, all changes already added to the index are left intact. @@ -76,10 +89,10 @@ The `--patch` option implies `--keep-index`. You can use list [<options>]:: - List the stashes that you currently have. Each 'stash' is listed - with its name (e.g. `stash@{0}` is the latest stash, `stash@{1}` is + List the stash entries that you currently have. Each 'stash entry' is + listed with its name (e.g. `stash@{0}` is the latest entry, `stash@{1}` is the one before, etc.), the name of the branch that was current when the - stash was made, and a short description of the commit the stash was + entry was made, and a short description of the commit the entry was based on. + ---------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -92,11 +105,12 @@ 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 - -p stash@{1}` to view the second most recent stash in patch form). + Show the changes recorded in the stash entry as a diff between the + stashed contents and the commit back when the stash entry was first + created. When no `<stash>` is given, it 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 -p stash@{1}` + to view the second most recent entry in patch form). You can use stash.showStat and/or stash.showPatch config variables to change the default behavior. @@ -136,26 +150,27 @@ branch <branchname> [<stash>]:: + 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. +the stash entry 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 + Remove all the stash entries. Note that those entries will then be subject to pruning, and may be impossible to recover (see 'Examples' below for a possible strategy). drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]:: - Remove a single stashed state from the stash list. When no `<stash>` - is given, it removes the latest one. i.e. `stash@{0}`, otherwise - `<stash>` must be a valid stash log reference of the form - `stash@{<revision>}`. + Remove a single stash entry from the list of stash entries. + When no `<stash>` is given, it removes the latest one. + i.e. `stash@{0}`, otherwise `<stash>` must be a valid stash + log reference of the form `stash@{<revision>}`. create:: - Create a stash (which is a regular commit object) and return its - object name, without storing it anywhere in the ref namespace. + Create a stash entry (which is a regular commit object) and + return its object name, without storing it anywhere in the ref + namespace. This is intended to be useful for scripts. It is probably not the command you want to use; see "save" above. @@ -169,10 +184,10 @@ store:: DISCUSSION ---------- -A stash is represented as a commit whose tree records the state of the -working directory, and its first parent is the commit at `HEAD` when -the stash was created. The tree of the second parent records the -state of the index when the stash is made, and it is made a child of +A stash entry is represented as a commit whose tree records the state +of the working directory, and its first parent is the commit at `HEAD` +when the entry was created. The tree of the second parent records the +state of the index when the entry is made, and it is made a child of the `HEAD` commit. The ancestry graph looks like this: .----W @@ -256,12 +271,12 @@ $ edit/build/test remaining parts $ git commit foo -m 'Remaining parts' ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Recovering stashes that were cleared/dropped erroneously:: +Recovering stash entries that were cleared/dropped erroneously:: -If you mistakenly drop or clear stashes, they cannot be recovered +If you mistakenly drop or clear stash entries, they cannot be recovered through the normal safety mechanisms. However, you can try the -following incantation to get a list of stashes that are still in your -repository, but not reachable any more: +following incantation to get a list of stash entries that are still in +your repository, but not reachable any more: + ---------------------------------------------------------------- git fsck --unreachable | |