Daily Software Tips & Tricks

We have all been there: you are deep in a feature branch when an urgent bug report comes in. Instead of making a messy 'wip' commit that clutters your history, use git stash. It safely tucks away your uncommitted changes into a temporary storage area, leaving your working directory clean. Once you have fixed the bug and switched back, run git stash pop to bring your work right back where you left it. It is the digital equivalent of a 'save for later' button.