Temporary Saves: git stash pop & apply

💻 GitLesson 10Intermediate

Stashing saves uncommitted modifications (staged and unstaged files) to a temporary stack, returning your workspace back to a clean HEAD state.

1 Git Stash commands

Shell — Stash CLI

# Stash current uncommitted work
git stash

# Stash with a descriptive message
git stash save "Work in progress on login layout"

# List all stashed item slices
git stash list

# Apply the latest stashed change and remove it from stack
git stash pop

# Apply stashed change keeping it in stash stack
git stash apply stash@{0}

2 Code Challenge

Challenge: Edit a file without committing, run git stash, switch branches to confirm a clean HEAD state, switch back, and restore your modifications using git stash pop.