See what's in a stash without applying it [duplicate]

Question

I see here you can apply/unapply a stash and even create a new branch off of a stash. Is it possible to simply see what is inside the stash without actually applying it?

Answer 1

From man git-stash (which can also be obtained via git help stash):

The modifications stashed away by this command can be listed with git stash list, inspected with git stash show, and ...

show [<stash>]     Show the changes recorded in the stash as a diff between the stashed     state and its original parent. When no <stash> is given, shows the     latest one. By default, the command shows the diffstat, but it will     accept any format known to git diff (e.g., git stash show -p stash@{1}     to view the second most recent stash in patch form). 

Note: the -p option generates a patch, as per git-diff documentation.

List the stashes:

git stash list 

Show the files in the most recent stash:

git stash show 

Show the changes of the most recent stash:

git stash show -p 

Show the changes of the named stash:

git stash show -p stash@{1}