How can I format patch with what I stash away

Question

Hi,

In git, I stash away my changes. Is it possible that I can create a patch with what I stash away? And the apply that patch in some other repository (my co-worker's)?

I know 'git format-patch -1' but I think that is for what I have committed. But I am looking for the same thing for changes I stashed away?

And how can I apply a patch in other repository?

Answer 1

Sure, git stash show supports this:

git stash show -p

Answer 2

Use

$> git stash list
stash@{0}: WIP on master: 84fx31c Merged with change to /public/
stash@{1}: WIP on master: 463yf85 FlupResource: also takes json as a query parameter

to get a list of your recently stashed stuff. Git actually creates commit objects when you stash.

They are commits like everything else. You can check them out in a branch:

$> git checkout -b with_stash stash@{0}

You can then publish this branch and you colleague can merge or cherry-pick that commit.