Stash specific file/s or stash selected files

[MS-Painter]

Describe the feature or problem you’d like to solve

Currently, stashing uncommited changes in files can be done be in the Branch tab.

This only allows stashing all changed files.

Would be really handy to allow selecting which files to stash.

Cases like bringing changes with you to a different branch,

but only needing some changes, come to mind.

Proposed solution

When compared to available capabilities to discard changes.

You can also selectively discard changes on specific files.

My idea is to add another option in the context menu to stash (Text being something along the line of Stash changes).

Allowing stashing of single/multiple changed files.

Behind the scenes would probably apply the command

git stash push [FILE PATH] [...ADDITIONAL FILE PATHS...]

Visual representation wise,

there is currently the popped up footer with the stashed changes, which could simply add to it files if any more files are selectively stashed.

With the same functionality to restore or discard everything in the stash.

[the21st]

It would be great if we could stash not only the selected files, but only the selected chunks/lines inside those files, since this partial selection is already available for committing.

Thanks!

[Bradyirv]

Not nearly enough love on this Feature, please implement this!

• Stash specific files by toggling them, added to the right click context menu.

Creating a new branch and then bringing the changes with you would be so nice with this feature. (No commit necessary for experimental code changes that you want to move to a safer branch)

[NickSantini32]

+1 For this. Im a long time user of GitHub desktop and this really becomes useful when trying to move branches around.

[Mario-Seequent]

+1

[onurulgen]

+1

[patrickdenning]

+1 would be great to have this

[cockyb]

+1

[JeremiU]

+1

[leoidiaz]

+1

[massimoadriaens]

+1

[PlayCreatively]

+1

[louisoftokyo]

This would be extremely useful.

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This would be extremely useful.

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[luisanton-io]

+1

[ufukseyithan]

Hilarious that this is still yet to be implemented. This is some old tech, guys. Come on now.

[marlonjames71]

This is a must. Please implement this. The ability to stage specific lines and chunks as well. Thanks.

[JorgePR-SF]

@steveward Is there any news about this issue? Would be nice to have the ability to do this in the app instead of having to use the command line for this.

[rustypaul]

I'd love this too!

[austin-schaefer]

Please, this would be a huge convenience!

[griffinreding]

PLEASE

[Jaypee2109]

+1

[gunnsth]

Seems like GitHub Desktop is not really getting much attention. Haven't seen anything new for ages. Would make sense to have a way to see/manage stashes.

[samuelko123]

@tidy-dev Would you mind reviewing the PR https://github.com/desktop/desktop/pull/16535? This feature would be a huge convenience.

[Gabugueado]

+1, great idea

[Br1an-Boyle]

+1

[DaveRune]

+1

[k-babic]

+1

[OwenMagelssen]

+1 this would make the desktop app more useful/capable

[jbromberg]

+1

[suxscribe]

Please

[saikrishna-chunchu]

+1

[as111998]

me too

[raulcostagomes]

+1

[alex-devin]

+1

[egorOztmz]

+1

[Indra-db]

+1

[Infinite-3D]

Any updates on this feature getting added? It's been 2 years...

[BlackSparowYT]

i wish it was here already but they really dont care about github desktop :(

[weakvar]

+1

[ngzaharias]

+1

[Gamba04]

This is the only feature I reeeeally feel I need on Github Desktop, it would be even better if you could create multiple stashes with custom names. This really helps when dealing with a lot of changes and you want to test out stuff by temporarily reverting some changes or sorting out tricky situations when dealing with multiple branches.

I really can't stress enough how good this would be...

[egvijayanand]

Kindly incorporate this partial stash feature, this is how work is done in the real world and not all files are stashed always.

Include a button to stash the files selected, that would address this need.

[railanxisto]

+1

[EricBatlleTripledot]

How is the state of this feature? do we have an ETA or something?

[daniestrella]

+1

[septynade]

+1

[0xdevalias]

See also:

• https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/13156
• https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/12699
• https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/7395

[karamThebian]

We need the feature to stash Selected Changes only, would make it way more easier to stash some files, and bring the rest with you to another branch.

[RaeHousr]

Is this feature still actively being developed or has it been lost in the tide of backlog, because I would love this to be a feature.

[zeff9801]

+1