Save Work Temporarily in Git

From the Git cheat sheet · Stashing Changes · verified Jul 2026

Save Work Temporarily

Store uncommitted changes for later without committing

bash

# Stash changes
git stash
git stash push -m "description"

# View stashes
git stash list

# Apply stash
git stash apply         # Apply latest
git stash apply stash@{n}  # Apply specific
git stash pop           # Apply and delete

# Delete stash
git stash drop stash@{n}
git stash clear         # Delete all

💡 Stash is a stack - newest on top

⚡ Use stash to quickly switch branches

✅ Pop removes stash after applying

📌 Apply keeps stash for reuse

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