[PATCH] git-stash.txt: Add new example
From: <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:48:45
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
From: Jari Aalto <redacted> Add new example "Saving selected files to stash" thanks to ideas by Johan Sageryd [off-list ref]. Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <redacted> --- Documentation/git-stash.txt | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index 473889a..7d9f9e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt@@ -230,6 +230,18 @@ $ edit/build/test remaining parts $ git commit foo -m 'Remaining parts' ---------------------------------------------------------------- +Saving selected files to stash:: + +You can use `git stash save --keep-index` to put only selected files +into the stash. Let's suppose the files A, B, C and D are modified and +you want to stash only C and D: ++ +---------------------------------------------------------------- +$ git status # Verify what's modified +$ git add A B # ...not these +$ git stash save --keep-index # ...but stash all the others +---------------------------------------------------------------- + Recovering stashes that were cleared/dropped erroneously:: If you mistakenly drop or clear stashes, they cannot be recovered
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