Apply stash to different branch

Question

I was accidentally working on the wrong branch. Now I want to transfer all my changes to the correct branch.

If I stash the changes and apply them on the correct branch, will it only add the uncommitted changes to the correct branch or every change/commit from the wrong branch that doesn't exist on the correct branch?

For example

Wrong branch has:

• Commit a

• Uncommitted Changes b

Correct branch has

• Commit c

If I do git stash on the wrong branch and git apply stash in the correct branch, will it transfer commit a to the correct branch?

Answer 1

I would do one stash, then reset (mixed so you don't lose the changes) the a commit, stash that, then change to the correct branch and pop both stashes.

git stash save "b" git reset HEAD~ git stash save "a" git checkout correct-branch git stash pop git commit -m "a" git stash pop