git stash equivalents in other revision control systems?

Question

Does hg, svn or others have an option like git stash?

Answer 1

The general name for that feature is:

Shelving: the ability to actually upload intermediate revisions to the server without really checking them in.
In a CVCS (Centralized VCS), you actually need to upload those intermediate data to a central server.
But in a DVCS (Distributed VCS), you just need to store them in a the local repository.

There is:

• the shelve extension for Mercurial
• temporary branches for SVN, or patch files
• p4tar (again patch based) for Perforce, even though the Perforce 2009.2 has now shelve and unshelve features.
• saved checked-out data in Plastic SCM (for shelving data)

You can find all the other SCM shelving commands in this SCM comparison table on Wikipedia.

• Accurev: keep / co
• Bazaar: shelve / unshelve
• Darcs: revert / unrevert