Recover a dropped/lost stash with git stash and its reflog
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Documented steps
List stashes: `git stash list` (entries like stash@{0}, stash@{1}).
Apply the most recent stash and KEEP it: `git stash apply` (use `git stash apply stash@{n}` for older).
Apply and remove it: `git stash pop`.
Create a branch from a stash that will not apply cleanly: `git stash branch <branchname>` — checks out the original commit and applies there (conflict-free).
After an accidental `git stash drop`/clear, find it in the stash reflog: `git fsck --unreachable | grep commit` then `git stash apply <unreachable-sha>`.
Show patch-level detail: `git stash show -p stash@{1}`.
Known gotchas
If `git stash pop` hits a conflict, the stash is NOT removed — resolve conflicts, then `git stash drop` when done.
`git stash save` is deprecated; use `git stash push`. Newer Git also has stash export/import for transferring stashes between clones.
git stash by default does NOT stash untracked or ignored files — use -u/--include-untracked or -a/--all to grab those.
The most useful recovery: `git stash branch` reliably restores stashed state with no conflicts when pop fails on a changed branch.
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