How to add file to existing stash in git?

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When I did git stash push <path/to/file> it created stash@{0} for it. Reusing the same command with different file creates another stash -> stash@{1}. I have other files that logically belong to stash@{0}.

Can I somehow push file to existing stash?

While creating the stash you could have done, git stash push <path/to/file1> <path/to/file2>, push takes multiple files — Saurabh P Bhandari
– Saurabh P Bhandari, Commented Apr 1, 2020 at 11:24
A Git stash is just a little clump of commits that aren't on any branch. As with any commit, you cannot change anything about it once it's made. All you can do is make a new, different commit—or in this case, a new, different stash—that has the content you want, and stop using the old one. I generally recommend avoiding git stash: just make normal commits instead. — torek
– torek, Commented Apr 1, 2020 at 18:08

Ondrej K. · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-01 11:43:45Z

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If you mean akin to git commit --amend, I am afraid you are out of luck, but would it be acceptable for your use case, to:

git stash pop

and then

git stash push ORIGINAL_FILES MORE_FILES

to have the files grouped?

answered Apr 1, 2020 at 11:43

Ondrej K.

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Shashank Bhatt Over a year ago

By default pop command will pop 0th stash i.e. stash@{0} so to pop first nth stash git stash pop stash@{n} and then git stash push -m "useful message" <path-spec-including-old-and-new-files>

Saurabh P Bhandari · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-01 11:47:05Z

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As per git docs,

<stash>

This option is only valid for apply, branch, drop, pop, show commands.

A reference of the form stash@{<revision>}. When no <stash> is given, the latest stash is assumed (that is, stash@{0}).

So you can't do this directly using push command of git stash.

Probably use this git stash push <path/to/file1> <path/to/file2> ... next time as push accepts multiple pathspecs (filenames)

answered Apr 1, 2020 at 11:47

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