From: jari.aalto@cante.net Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 07:37:14 GMT Subject: [PATCH] git-stash.txt: Add new example Message-ID: <1273045035-7292-1-git-send-email-jari.aalto@cante.net> From: Jari Aalto Add new example "Saving selected files to stash" thanks to ideas by Johan Sageryd . Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto --- 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 -- 1.7.0