Git Stash

Temporarily shelve changes with the stash panel. Save work-in-progress, switch context, and restore changes later — all without leaving grüt.

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The Stash Panel

The stash panel lists every stash entry in the repository, ordered by most recent first. Each entry displays:

• Index — the stash reference number (e.g., stash@{0})
• Message — the description you provided when creating the stash
• Timestamp — when the stash was created

Navigate stash entries with j / k and preview the stashed diff in the adjacent preview pane.

Keybindings

Stash Panel

Creating a Stash

To stash your current changes:

1. Switch to the stash panel.
2. Press s to push a new stash.
3. Type a descriptive message in the prompt (e.g., WIP: auth refactor).
4. Press Enter to confirm.

grüt stashes both staged and unstaged changes, returning your working tree to a clean state. Untracked files are not included by default — stage them first if you want them stashed.

Applying vs. Popping

There are two ways to restore stashed changes:

• Apply (a or Enter) — restores the changes but keeps the stash entry in the list. Useful when you want to apply the same stash to multiple branches.
• Pop (p) — restores the changes and removes the stash entry. This is the most common operation — use it when you're done with the stash.

Dropping a Stash

Press x on any stash entry to delete it permanently. grüt asks for confirmation before dropping to prevent accidental data loss.

Typical Workflow

# You're working on feature-x, but need to fix a bug on main
# 1. Stash your current changes
#    → press s in stash panel, type "WIP: feature-x progress", Enter

# 2. Switch to main, fix the bug, commit

# 3. Switch back to feature-x
# 4. Pop the stash
#    → press p on stash@{0}

# Your work-in-progress is restored exactly as you left it.