Basic operation of git stash, which allows you to save uncommitted work, and recover it later.

git stash list [<options>]
git stash show [<stash>]
git stash drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
git stash ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
git stash branch <branchname> [<stash>]
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>

Save both the unstaged and staged content in a new stash:

$ git stash push

then display the current list of stashes:

$ git stash list
stash@{0}: WIP on master: 40e196a906d9 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
$

Significant options for git stash push:

• [-m,--message]: Add an informative stashing message
• --keep-index: Remember what was already staged versus what wasn't
• --include-untracked: Stash untracked, unignored files, then clean
• --all: Stash all untracked files, including ignored ones, then clean

By default, show most recent stash:

$ git stash show
 MAINTAINERS | 4 ++++
 README      | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
$

$ git stash show stash@{0}
 MAINTAINERS | 4 ++++
 README      | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
$

Show the actual content:

$ git stash show -p
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 41ce5f4ad838..e0c46b96e2d3 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+uncached stuff
+
+
+
 
 
        List of maintainers and how to submit kernel changes
diff --git a/README b/README
index 669ac7c32292..9b80a4811f05 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+cached stuff
+
+
+
 Linux kernel
 ============

$

Pop/apply the most recent stash, or a specified stash:

$ git stash pop
$ git stash pop stash@{1}
$ git stash apply

Use --keep-index to restore the cached content in the index:

$ git stash pop --index