what is the use of git stash code example

Example 1: git stash

# You can always retrieve stashed changes using `git stash`

git stash # To add changes to stash stack
git stash list # Shows list of stashed changes
git stash apply stash@{0} # Retrieve stash
git stash clear # Clear stash list

Example 2: git stash

//to restrict file to add for commit
git stash pathOfFile

Example 3: git stash

$ git status On branch master Changes to be committed: new file: style.css Changes not staged for commit: modified: index.html $ git stash Saved working directory and index state WIP on master: 5002d47 our new homepage HEAD is now at 5002d47 our new homepage $ git status On branch master nothing to commit, working tree clean