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git stash is underrated	2024-10-24	daily/2024/10/24/git-stash-is-underrated	software-development git	~	`git stash` is underrated.

git stash is one of the commands I use the most.

Maybe because I do trunk-based development so I very rarely create new branches, or because I intentionally make and push small atomic commits, I often find myself using git stash whilst debugging something or if I need to switch contexts quickly whilst in the middle of another task and I don't want to lose my changes.

If it's not something I'm going to unstash and bring back almost immediately, I can create a new branch or create a named stash with git stash save <name>.

If I don't need to stash everything, it supports the -p or --patch option and I can decide what to stash and what to keep.

If you haven't used git stash, I recommend giving it a try.