Use git stash when you want to record the current state of the working directory and the index, but want to go back to a clean working directory. The command saves your local modifications away and reverts the working directory to match the HEAD commit. Command Syntax: git stash list [<log-options>] git stash show [-u | --include-untracked | --only-untracked] [<diff-options>] [<stash>] git stash drop [-q | --quiet] [<stash>] git stash pop [--index] [-q | --quiet] [<stash>] git stash apply [--index] [-q | --quiet] [<stash>] git stash branch <branchname> [<stash>] git stash [push [-p | --patch] [-S | --staged] [-k | --[no-]keep-index] [-q | --quiet] [-u | --include-untracked] [-a | --all] [(-m | --message) <message>] [--pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul]] [--] [<pathspec>…]] git stash save [-p | --patch] [-S | --staged] [-k | --[no-]keep-index] [-q | --quiet] [-u | --include-untracked] [-a | --all] [<message>] git stash clear git stash create [<message>] git stash store [(-m | --message) <message>] [-q | --quiet] <commit>