.2018.11.13.stash-all-changes

2018.11.13.stash-all-changes

example1.sh

# 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

example2.sh

# 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)

syntax.text

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

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