List stashes

List stashes in Git — with the four heights of help laid out: do it now, make it easier for the next person to accept, work out the right move when you are stuck, and learn the pattern so it stops coming back.

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The four heights

The same task, four distances: today's deadline, the next reviewer, the stuck moment, the pattern.

Execute — do the immediate task

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Show me all stashes for this repository and include for each the stash name, short message, author,…
Show me all stashes for this repository and include for each the stash name, short message, author, date, and the files changed so I can tell which one to restore before today’s stand-up.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Before I pick a stash to apply, make the list easy to scan: surface stashes sorted by date, show…
Before I pick a stash to apply, make the list easy to scan: surface stashes sorted by date, show the first line of the stash message, list changed file paths and whether they include new, modified, deleted, or untracked files, and mark stashes that contain staged (index) state.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

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I see eight stashes with vague messages like WIP and quick-fix and I cannot tell which contains the…

I need a stash but there are eight with vague messages

I see eight stashes with vague messages like WIP and quick-fix and I cannot tell which contains the screen renderer change I started yesterday. I’m worried applying the wrong one will overwrite later work. Which stash attributes should I check to identify the correct one and what quick commands can I run to preview their contents safely?

Become — change the pattern

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Every week developers create throwaway stashes with one-word messages and we waste time guessing…

stashes accumulate with inscrutable messages every week

Every week developers create throwaway stashes with one-word messages and we waste time guessing which is which. I want a team habit to reduce this friction. What naming convention and brief checklist should we require when creating a stash, and how can we enforce it with minimal overhead during interruptions?

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