Difference between git stash pop and git stash apply

Question

I ve been using git stash pop for quite some time  I recently found out about the git stash apply command  When I tried it out  it seemed to work the same as git stash pop    What is the difference between git stash pop and git stash apply

User · Answer

Seeing it in action might help you better understanding the difference.

Assuming we're working on master branch and have a file hello.txt that contains "Hello" string.

Let's modify the file and add " world" string to it. Now you want to move to a different branch to fix a minor bug you've just found, so you need to stash your changes:

git stash

You moved to the other branch, fixed the bug and now you're ready to continue working on your master branch, so you pop the changes:

git stash pop

Now if you try to review the stash content you'll get:

$ git stash show -p
No stash found.

However, if you use git stash apply instead, you'll get the stashed content but you'll also keep it:

$ git stash show -p
diff --git a/hello.txt b/hello.txt
index e965047..802992c 100644
--- a/hello.txt
+++ b/hello.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Hello
+Hello world

So pop is just like stack's pop - it actually removes the element once it's popped, while apply is more like peek.

User · Answer

Git Stash Pop vs apply Working  If you want to apply your top stashed changes to current non-staged change and delete that stash as well  then you should go for git stash pop     apply the top stashed changes and delete it from git stash area  git stash pop     But if you are want to apply your top stashed changes to current non-staged change without deleting it  then you should go for git stash apply      Note   You can relate this case with Stack class pop   and peek   methods  where pop change the top by decrements  top   top-1  but peek   only able to get the top element

User · Answer

Got this helpful link that states the difference  as John Zwinck has stated and a drawback of git stash pop      For instance  say your stashed changes conflict with other changes that you   ve made since you first created the stash  Both pop and apply will helpfully trigger merge conflict resolution mode  allowing you to nicely resolve such conflicts    and neither will get rid of the stash  even though perhaps you   re expecting pop too  Since a lot of people expect stashes to just be a simple stack  this often leads to them popping the same stash accidentally later because they thought it was gone    Link  http   codingkilledthecat wordpress com 2012 04 27 git-stash-pop-considered-harmful

User · Answer

Assuming there will be no errors thrown  and you want to work on the top stash item in the list of available stashes  git stash pop   git stash apply   git stash drop

User · Answer

git stash pop applies the top stashed element and removes it from the stack  git stash apply does the same  but leaves it in the stash stack

User · Answer

git stash pop throws away the  topmost  by default  stash after applying it  whereas git stash apply leaves it in the stash list for possible later reuse  or you can then git stash drop it     This happens unless there are conflicts after git stash pop  in which case it will not remove the stash  leaving it to behave exactly like git stash apply   Another way to look at it  git stash pop is git stash apply  amp  amp  git stash drop

User · Answer

In git stash is a storage area where current changed files can be moved    stash area is useful when you want to pull some changes from git repository and detected some changes in some mutual files available in git repo   git stash apply   apply the changes without removing stored files from stash area   git stash pop     apply the changes as well as remove stored files from stash area       Note  - git apply only apply the changes from stash area while git pop apply as well as remove change from stash area

User · Answer

Quick Answer  git stash pop - gt  remove from the stash list git stash apply - gt  keep it in the stash list

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