Advanced work with git stash

In Git, the most recent stash is always assigned the index 0, appearing as stash@{0}. When you create a new stash, all existing stashes are pushed down the stack (e.g., the previous 0 becomes 1). 

1. Identify which stash is yours

To see all your stashed entries and their assigned numbers, use:
git stash list 

This will output a list like this:

• stash@{0}: WIP on master: 4fd1101... (Latest)
• stash@{1}: On develop: updated files... 

2. View contents without applying

You can inspect the contents of any stash entry using the show command.

• View a file summary (stat):
  git stash show stash@{0}
  (Shows only the list of files changed and the number of insertions/deletions)
  
  
• View full code changes (diff):
  git stash show -p stash@{0}
  (The -p or --patch flag shows the actual line-by-line code changes)
  
  
• View untracked files:
  git stash show --include-untracked stash@{0}


• View a specific file from a stash:
  git diff stash@{0} -- path/to/file.txt 

Quick reference commands

To do this...	Run this command
List all stashes	git stash list
Peek at latest stash (summary)	git stash show
Peek at latest stash (full code)	git stash show -p
Peek at specific stash (e.g., #2)	git stash show -p stash@{2}

3. create message along with git stash -p

by using the push subcommand with the -m (message) and -p (patch) flags together.

To stash specific parts of your code with a descriptive label, use:

git stash push -p -m "your custom message here"