Re:Git 2.19.0 released
by captn3m0 on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:06PM
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Is there any good way to keep track of stashes? I keep stashing stuff that I forget about and end up rewriting 2 weeks later.
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Yes. Use a local branch. They are cheap to create. You can name the branch and, of course, write a descriptive commit message.
Stashes are for quick save and restore. Branches are way more powerful.
Hard agree here. Better to make "git my-stash working-on-foo" alias which makes a separate branch. Stashes have become an anti-pattern for me after having too many fail to reapply or drift out of date.
I have some aliases sl (stash list) and pop/drop for git stash pop/drop.
Also make a habit of saving your stashes with a meaningful label.
But yeah, like others suggest -- use branches.
I've made it a habit to `git stash list` and `git stash show -p stash@{2}` when I want to inspect the stashed changes.