Stashing selected files

[Mattia]

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

What is the appropriate Git command?

[Carl Bashir · Accepted solution]

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.

[Adam Smith]

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

[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?

[Johan Scholten]

It just uses the default now for me, something with the branch name included. Might be adaptable, never checked that.

You can also put parameters for a default name I guess, but there is no way in SourceTree to have a popup for filling in a name for the stash it seems.

[Seth · Accepted solution]

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]

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

[danchadwick]

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

[L]

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

[Timothy]

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

[Mattia]

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).