How can you git stash untracked files with a custom message?

Question

How can I perform git stash --include-untracked with a custom message?

I've tried:

git stash --include-untracked --message "Foo"

and

git stash "Foo" --include-untracked

but both print a usage warning in Git 2.17.1.

Answer 1

The operation you're looking for is git stash push ; in this case you need the subcommand. So you'd write git stash push --include-untracked --message "Foo" .

Answer 2

I recommend creating a branch for this.

If you don't want anybody to see this work, then just don't push it anywhere.

Answer 3

In older versions of git ( < 2.13 ) you need to use the save subcommand:

git stash save --include-untracked "Foo"

In newer version it is recommended to use the push subcommand:

git stash push --include-untracked --message "Foo"

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Note: stash save is deprecated in favour of stash push since git version 2.16.0 .

Answer 4

Git 2.7.4

git stash save -u your message here