Git Basics - stash

 stash

make sure local is clean and let's create a modification in a file.

git status - verified, clean

mate simple.html - add something

git status -> modified: simple.html

In this scenario, 'simple.html' will be a 

1. working progress file and 

2. I am not ready to commit

3. Now i need to modify another file

So in order to save the changes to 'simple.html' --> stash

With this i can save my working progress and start working on something else.

git stash -> by default this will call 'save'

git status ->

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On branch master

Your branch is upto date with 'origin/master'

nothing commit, working directory is clean.

mate simple.html --> changes are backto where it was

let's go ahead and modify some files

mate README.md

git status -> modified: README.md

git commit -am "Quick fix to production"

git status -> clean

What about stash file ? How to get it back. 

git stash apply -> this will output 'git status' on working directory -> modified: simple.html

check the file

mate simple.html -> title or the change back to same, where it was before we run 'stash' command

So we can pick up where we left, amd start continue editing

let's commit our working progress

git commit -am "Done with simple.html"

git status -> clean

git stash list

stash{0}:WIP on master: 391f000 local: updating simple html.....

as we have used this, we do not need

So let's look at how to drop this

git stash drop -> that will drop the last stash