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fedorqui
Asked: 2022-05-20 23:20:56 +0800 CST 2022-05-20 23:20:56 +0800 CST

How do I "git stash" a single file?

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Sometimes it happens to me that I am working on a branch of my repository and I have made significant changes to a file. I'm not ready to commit yet, but I want to switch branches to see something else.

What I do many times is git stash -uto "stash" all the uncommitted files. However, there are times when I just want to "stash" a specific file, but I don't know how.

I have tried with:

git stash <fichero>
git stash -u <fichero>

But none of the options worked for me, in both it gives me the following error that lists all the options of the command:

usage: git stash list [<options>]
   or: git stash show [<options>] [<stash>]
   or: git stash drop [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
   or: git stash ( pop | apply ) [--index] [-q|--quiet] [<stash>]
   or: git stash branch <branchname> [<stash>]
   or: git stash clear
   or: git stash [push [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet]
          [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [-m|--message <message>]
          [--] [<pathspec>...]]
   or: git stash save [-p|--patch] [-k|--[no-]keep-index] [-q|--quiet]
          [-u|--include-untracked] [-a|--all] [<message>]

Is there any way to do it?

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The solution as of Git 2.13 (circa 2017) is:

    git stash push <fichero>

    This takes the entire file <fichero>and puts it in the stash.

    If you want to grab chunks of file, you can also use:

    git stash push -p -m "mensaje de commit"

    That will show you the interactive menu that allows you to select some parts or others.

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