Git: how to use stash -p to stash specific files?

Question

I\'m trying to figure out how to stash two specific files among many uncommitted changes.

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Answer 1

In the most recent versions of Git (> v2.13) you can stage the specific files you want to stash using

git stash push -- 

For example, if you stage the specific files you want to stash you can use this command to specifically stash only those file(s):

git stash push -- example/file/path/and/file.html

You can save yourself some typing by using a globbing pattern to stash the specific files in the path

git stash push -- **/path/**

You'll want to stage only the files you want to stash since any other staged files will be stashed with the specific files, but also remain staged after stashing so if you git stash pop you would get conflicts.