How to View the Contents of a Git Stash?

View the Content of the Most Recent Stash

To view the contents of the most recent git stash, we can simply use the following command:

git stash show -p

The -p flag is short for the --patch flag. Using either one is the same.

View the Contents of a Specific Stash

To see changes in a specific stash, you can simply specify the stash index in the following way:

git stash show -p stash@{2}

Alternatively, stashes may also be referenced just by specifying the stash index like so:

git stash show -p 2

How to Find a Stash Index?

To find a stash index, you can simply use the following command to list out all the stashes:

git stash list

The result of this looks something like the following:

stash@{0}: WIP on master: 458853e Fixing something
stash@{1}: WIP on dev: 8d68533 Updated comment
stash@{2}: WIP on dev: 7922161 Refactoring
...

Please note that if you apply or remove a stash, all other stashes in the list are re-indexed.

Saving the Stash Contents to a Text File

For convenience, the contents of the stash can be output to a text file like so:

git stash show -p stash@{2} > stash.txt

Or, alternatively, you can use the shorter syntax by just using the stash index:

git stash show -p 2 > stash.txt