How to name and retrieve a stash by name in git?

This is how you do it:

git stash push -m "my_stash"

Where "my_stash" is the stash name.

Some more useful things to know: All the stashes are stored in a stack.Type:

git stash list

This will list down all your stashes.

To apply a stash and remove it from the stash stack, type:

git stash pop stash@{n}

To apply a stash and keep it in the stash stack, type:

git stash apply stash@{n}

Where n is the index of the stashed change.

Notice that you can apply a stash and keep it in the stack by using the stash name:

git stash apply my_stash_name

git stash save is deprecated as of 2.15.x/2.16, instead you can use git stash push -m "message"

You can use it like this:

git stash push -m "message"

where "message" is your note for that stash.

In order to retrieve the stash you can use: git stash list. This will output a list like this, for example:

stash@{0}: On develop: perf-spikestash@{1}: On develop: node v10

Then you simply use apply giving it the stash@{index}:

git stash apply stash@{1}

Referencesgit stash man page

If you are just looking for a lightweight way to save some or all of your current working copy changes and then reapply them later at will, consider a patch file:

# save your working copy changesgit diff > some.patch# re-apply it latergit apply some.patch

Every now and then I wonder if I should be using stashes for this and then I see things like the insanity above and I'm content with what I'm doing :)