Export a stash to another computer

Question

I need a way to export a stashed change to another computer.

On computer 1 I did

$ git stash save feature

I\'m trying to get the stash

Answer 1

You can apply a patch file (without committing the changes yet) by simply running

git apply patchfile

Then you can simply create a new stash from the current working directory:

git stash

Answer 2

How to do export Stash in SourceTree:

1. Make a new branch "StashTransfer" from a branch where you are going to use your Stash

2. Apply your stash to it and make a commit

3. Click on your commit and make a patch from it, take the patch file with you.

4. Go to a different repository, select the same parent branch which you just used in 1)

5. Actions / Apply Patch, select Mode: Modify working copy files, push Apply Patch now you have uncommitted modifications from the patch in your current working environment

6. Make a new Stash for the current repo

Answer 3

The startup command from the original post:

git stash show -p stash@{x} > patch_file

didn't work for me (for some reason it created unusable patch files). Instead I had to:

git stash apply stash@{x}
git commit

for each stash I wanted to transfer. Then, I placed the 'parent' repo within file:/// reach of the 'child' repo, and did the following, for each stash commit:

git fetch file:///path_to_parent_git && git cherry-pick commit_sha
git reset --soft HEAD^
git stash save my_new_stash_on_child

This is more complex but did the trick for me.