Git: stash work in progress and move it to a new branch

gistfile1.md

• make changes
• git stash save
• git checkout -b xxx
• git stash pop

where xxx is the new branch name

But the moment i change the branch to master those files come back. Is it possible to only stash those changes to only that branch

AFAIK, you don't need to stash changes. Commits only apply to the current branch. But there are exceptions, e.g. untracked files. Anyway git will let you know if any file would be lost when checking out

@xxxVxxx no, stashes are separate from branches, "floating" if you will. You can apply them anywhere, any branch, but always in the current branch (checkout to apply to other branches). You mean the files come back with old changes or the stashed changes?

Thanks @bernardoadc