Force git stash to overwrite added files

Question

I have some files which were untracked in git   I made some changes and wanted to commit them  but realised I had forgotten to check in the unmodified files first   So I stashed the files  then added the unmodified versions     Then when I apply the stash to the repository  I get conflicts due to the files having already been added     How can I apply the stash  and force the versions in the stash to be used in preference to the originals in the repository   Thanks

User · Answer

To force git stash pop run this command  git stash show -p   git apply  amp  amp  git stash drop

User · Answer

TL DR   git checkout HEAD path to file git stash apply   Long version   You get this error because of the uncommited changes that you want to overwrite  Undo these changes with git checkout HEAD  You can undo changes to a specific file with git checkout HEAD path to file  After removing the cause of the conflict  you can apply as usual

User · Answer

git stash show -p   git apply  and then git stash drop if you want to drop the stashed items

User · Answer

Use git checkout instead of git stash apply     git checkout stash --     git commit   This will restore all the files in the current directory to their stashed version     If there are changes to other files in the working directory that should be kept  here is a less heavy-handed alternative     git merge --squash --strategy-option theirs stash   If there are changes in the index  or the merge will touch files with local changes  git will refuse to merge  Individual files can be checked out from the stash using    git checkout stash --  lt paths    gt    or interactively with    git checkout -p stash

[git] Force git stash to overwrite added files

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