Difference between git stash pop and git stash apply

Question

I\'ve been using git stash pop for quite some time. I recently found out about the git stash apply command. When I tried it out, it seemed to work

Answer 1

Git Stash Pop vs apply Working

If you want to apply your top stashed changes to current non-staged change and delete that stash as well, then you should go for git stash pop.

# apply the top stashed changes and delete it from git stash area.
git stash pop  

But if you are want to apply your top stashed changes to current non-staged change without deleting it, then you should go for git stash apply.

Note : You can relate this case with Stack class pop() and peek() methods, where pop change the top by decrements (top = top-1) but peek() only able to get the top element.