git stash list to view stashes - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Using <code>git stash list</code> to View Stashes

📖 Scenario: You are working on a project and have some changes that you want to save temporarily without committing. You will use Git stash to save these changes and then view the list of all saved stashes.

🎯 Goal: Learn how to create a stash and use git stash list to see all saved stashes in your Git repository.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a stash with a specific message

Use git stash list to view all stashes

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Developers often need to save unfinished work temporarily to switch tasks without losing progress.

💼 Career

Knowing how to manage stashes helps in multitasking and keeping the Git history clean in professional software development.

1

Create a Git stash with a message

Run the command git stash push -m "work in progress" to save your current changes with the message "work in progress".

Git

# Run the command to stash changes with message "work in progress"
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use git stash push -m "your message" to save changes with a message.

2

Create another Git stash with a different message

Run the command git stash push -m "bug fix changes" to save another set of changes with the message "bug fix changes".

Git

git stash push -m "work in progress"
# Run the command to stash changes with message "bug fix changes"
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use git stash push -m "bug fix changes" to save the second stash.

3

Use git stash list to view all stashes

Run the command git stash list to see the list of all saved stashes.

Git

git stash push -m "work in progress"
git stash push -m "bug fix changes"
# Run the command to list all stashes
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use git stash list to view all stashes saved in your repository.

4

View the output of git stash list

Run the command git stash list and observe the output showing the two stashes with their messages.

Git

git stash push -m "work in progress"
git stash push -m "bug fix changes"
git stash list
# Observe the output below

Need a hint?

The output lists stashes with their index and messages. The most recent stash is stash@{0}.