Git Stash: deep dive

git-stash is a powerful subcommand in Git, that stores changes in a hidden place. Staged or unstaged changes or untracked files are stashed in a stash stack and the working directory is reverted to the last commit. It is useful when changes made to a branch is not ready to be commited and there is a need to switch to another branch. error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout: index. Read more