Ever found yourself halfway through a task but needed to switch gears quickly?
Git stash is the perfect solution—it lets you temporarily save your work without committing it, so you can return to it later.
In this step-by-step guide, let's see how to use Git stash in VS Code to easily save your changes and pick them up whenever you’re ready, with a demo to make it simple.
Steps to follow:
Git stash allows you to save your uncommitted changes temporarily without committing them to the repository.
1. Click on 'Source Control' to check the recent changes.
2. Click on this '+' icon to add all changes into 'Staged Changes'.
3. Click on this icon to add the changes into 'Stash'.
4. You can add a descriptive message to your stash to remember what it contains.
5. You can check your stash changes in 'Stash Container'. From here we can 'Apply' the stash or we can 'Drop' the stash.
That's it!
We have successfully used git stash to save your changes temporarily.
And that’s how you use Git stash in VS Code!
Whether you need to temporarily save your work to focus on something else or just want to keep things organized, Git stash makes it easy to pause and resume.
Follow these steps, and you’ll never have to worry about losing progress again.
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