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Stashing selected files

Mattia_a3bbzu

In SourceTree is it possible to stash only some (selected) files and not whole Working Copy?

What is the appropriate Git command?

Accepted answers

Seth

There is a command line solution. Credit to: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5506339/how-can-i-git-stash-a-specific-file

git stash --patch

Carl Bashir

There are no straightforward ways to do it. The command-line solution in the Stackoverflow link in Seth's answer is useful, but I user my own trick in Sourcetree.

To stash select files:

Stage the files you want to stash
Then stash all files, but making sure that 'Keep staged changes' is checked.
Now you only have the files you want to stash in your current working copy.
Stash all files, with 'Keep staged changes' unchecked.

You can then re-apply the first stash, and discard the files that you wanted to stash.

All comments

Timothy

Ctrl + click the files that you want to stash. You can google the other answer i guess.

Mattia_a3bbzu

I'm on a Mac. By the way:

- cmd + click: selects deselects a single file for further action

- shift + click: extends selection to that file for further action

- ctrl + click: opens contextual menu (same as right click)

- alt + click: does nothing more than normal left click

So on a Mac none of the previous serves the purpose.

I was asking the shell Git command because I'm not sure if it's even possible to do what I want to (= stash single files).

Seth

There is a command line solution. Credit to: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5506339/how-can-i-git-stash-a-specific-file

git stash --patch

Mattia_a3bbzu

Thank you, all the techniques in the article you linked could turn out useful.

Carl Bashir

There are no straightforward ways to do it. The command-line solution in the Stackoverflow link in Seth's answer is useful, but I user my own trick in Sourcetree.

To stash select files:

Stage the files you want to stash
Then stash all files, but making sure that 'Keep staged changes' is checked.
Now you only have the files you want to stash in your current working copy.
Stash all files, with 'Keep staged changes' unchecked.

You can then re-apply the first stash, and discard the files that you wanted to stash.

aesmith

Great answer. I am sure the command line options work but this was a question on how to do it in SourceTree. Thanks for providing a SourceTree solution

danchadwick

I submitted a feature request for natively supporting stashing selected files:
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/SRCTREEWIN-9103

unknown

Hey everybody reading this should vote for this issue!

Gleb Minevich

Mac users: please vote on the same feature request for the Mac version: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/SRCTREE-4765

Johan Scholten

SourceTree also has custom actions, I added a custom action 'Stash selected files', script target 'git.exe', parameters 'stash push $FILE', seems to work and slightly easier once you have te custom action.

amird

@Johan Scholten
Hi
been a while, but how does the stash description is determined in this way?