Basic Stashing

Understanding Git Stash

Before diving into the specifics of stashing untracked files, it’s essential to understand the basic functionality of git stash. The git stash command temporarily shelves (or “stashes”) changes in the working directory that haven’t yet been committed, so you can work on something else and then come back and reapply the stashed changes later....

Basic Stashing

A typical git stash command stashes changes to tracked files in your working directory. Here’s how you use it:...

Including Untracked Files

By default, git stash ignores untracked files. To include untracked files in your stash, you need to use the --include-untracked option (or -u for short). This option tells Git to stash not only the changes to tracked files but also any untracked files....

Using git stash with -a or –all

The -a (or –all) option includes all changes, including untracked and ignored files. This is useful when you want to stash everything in your working directory....

Manually Adding Untracked Files Before Stashing

This approach involves manually adding untracked files to the staging area before stashing. After stashing, you can reset the staged state if necessary. This method gives you more control over which files to stash....

Using git stash with –include-untracked

The –include-untracked option with git stash is designed to include untracked files in the stash. This is useful when you have new files that are not yet tracked by Git, but you want to temporarily save them along with your other changes....