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How to restore changes from a stash after some time?

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Changes from a stash can be restored at any time, since a stash is stored locally and does not depend on time, as long as it has not been dropped.

1. View the list of stashes

bash
git stash list

Example output:

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stash@{0}: WIP on main: ... stash@{1}: WIP on feature: ...

2. Restore the latest stash

Apply and remove it from the stash

bash
git stash pop

Apply without removing it

bash
git stash apply

3. Restore a specific stash

bash
git stash apply stash@{1}

or

bash
git stash pop stash@{1}

4. Important considerations

  • changes are applied to the current branch
  • conflicts are possible if the code has changed
  • a stash can be applied multiple times when using apply

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To restore changes from a stash, use git stash apply or git stash pop. The list of saved stashes can be viewed with git stash list, and the needed stash can be applied at any time, as long as it has not been dropped.

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