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📦 Which Stash Had That Code?

Forgot what’s in stash @{3}? git stash show reveals changes. Preview before applying.

📝 Basic Show

# Show latest stash (summary)
git stash show

# Show latest stash (full diff)
git stash show -p

# Show specific stash
git stash show stash@{2}
git stash show -p stash@{2}

# Show files changed (stat)
git stash show --stat

# Show only names of changed files
git stash show --name-only

# Show as patch (email format)
git stash show --patch

🎯 Advanced Inspection

# View stash as commit
git log stash@{0} -1

# Compare stash with current working directory
git diff stash@{0}

# Apply stash but keep it (preview changes in working dir)
git stash apply --index

# List all stashes with their messages
git stash list --format='%gd: %gs'

# Create branch from stash (if you forgot which branch it was from)
git stash branch new-branch stash@{0}

💡 Pro Tips

• Always stash with message: git stash push -m “WIP: login fix”
• git stash list shows messages
• git stash show -p | grep “^+” to see only additions
• Combine with git diff to compare stashes