Is it possible to preview stash contents in git?

Question

I often put work away for later, then other stuff comes along, and a few weeks later, I want to inspect the stash, and find out what changes it would make if I applied it to

Answer 1

You can view all stashes' list by the following command:

$ git stash list

stash@{0}: WIP on dev: ffffd4d75 spelling fix

stash@{1}: WIP on dev: 40e65a8 setting width for messages

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stash@{12}: WIP on dev: 264fdab added token based auth

Newest stash is the first one.

You can simply select index n of stash provided in the above list and use the following command to view stashed details

git stash show -p stash@{3}

Similarly,

git stash show -p stash@{n}

You can also check diff by using the command :

git diff HEAD stash@{n} -- /path/to/file

Answer 2

View list of stashed changes

git stash list

For viewing list of files changed in a particular stash

git stash show -p stash@{0} --name-only

For viewing a particular file in stash

git show stash@{0} path/to/file

Answer 3

You can review the stashed changes in VSCode with gitlen extension

screenshot of gitlen stashes

Answer 4

Beyond the gitk recommendation in Is it possible to preview stash contents in git? you can install tig and call tig stash. This free/open console program also allows you to choose which stash to compare