# git stash usage

1 messages from 2007-09-06 to 2007-09-06. Participants: Nikodemus Siivola.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/9806

## Nikodemus Siivola, 2007-09-06 14:20

Subject: git stash usage
Message-ID: <6bcc356f0709060720x257aff95x783463c5b23f0b7a@mail.gmail.com>
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I'm not sure if I understand git-stash correctly.

 ...work...
 git stash
 ...quick fix & commit...
 git stash apply
 ...more work...

is my understanding of the normal workflow. If this is
correct, why does "apply" leave the stash in the list
of stashes?

  mkdir git-stash-test
  cd git-stash-test
  git init
  echo foo > save-apply-test.txt
  git add save-apply-test.txt
  git commit -m "foo"
  echo bar > save-apply-test.txt
  git stash
  echo quux > save-apply-test.txt
  git commit -a -m "quux"
  git stash apply
  git commit -a -m "bar"
  # I would expect the list to be empty now, but it isn't.
  git stash list

Is this intentional?

It's a bit inconvenient, especially considering that
"clear" removes all the stashes.

I can easily accumulate several stashes, some of which
are applied and some of which are not -- but have no
way to easily know which are which.

Cheers,

 -- Nikodemus

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