Patricio Treviño · 13 November, 2018 · 4 min read

Stash all changes in a git repository

Syntax

      
        # stash everything (tracked, untracked, ignored)
      
        git stash --all
      
        # stash everything, (tracked and untracked, but not ignored)
      
        git stash [save -u | --include-untracked]

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Example

With git stash --all

      
        # adds a new file
      
        $ touch file.txt
      
        # update .gitignore to include file.txt
      
        $ "file.txt" > .gitignore
      
        # get the status
      
        $ git status
      
          On branch master
      
          Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
      
          Changes not staged for commit:
      
            (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
      
            (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
      
                modified:   .gitignore
      
          no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
      
        # stash changes (stashes .gitignore and file.txt)
      
        $ git stash --all
      
        # get the status
      
        $ git status
      
          On branch master
      
          Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
      
          nothing to commit, working tree clean

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With git stash --include-untracked

      
        # adds a new file
      
        $ touch file.txt
      
        # update .gitignore to include file.txt
      
        $ "file.txt" > .gitignore
      
        # get the status
      
        $ git status
      
          On branch master
      
          Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
      
          Changes not staged for commit:
      
            (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
      
            (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
      
                modified:   .gitignore
      
          no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
      
        # stash changes (stashes .gitignore, file.txt becomes available as it's no longer ignored)
      
        $ git stash --include-untracked
      
        # get the status
      
        $ git status
      
          On branch master
      
          Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
      
          Untracked files:
      
            (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
      
                file.txt
      
          nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

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References

Stackoverflow: How do you stash an untracked file?

	# stash everything (tracked, untracked, ignored)
	git stash --all

	# stash everything, (tracked and untracked, but not ignored)
	git stash [save -u \| --include-untracked]

	# adds a new file
	$ touch file.txt

	# update .gitignore to include file.txt
	$ "file.txt" > .gitignore

	# get the status
	$ git status
	On branch master
	Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

	Changes not staged for commit:
	(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
	(use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

	modified: .gitignore

	no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

	# stash changes (stashes .gitignore and file.txt)
	$ git stash --all

	# get the status
	$ git status
	On branch master
	Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

	nothing to commit, working tree clean