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This article explains how to make and save changes to a repository. Git allows you to save changes locally and push them to a server when needed.

In Git, we don't use the term save, but commit. We use git add, git commit, and git stashcommands to save changes.

It also shows the use of git stash popcommand Undo git stash.

git addCollect changes in the Git directory using the command

git addThe command collects all changes in your project directory and brings them to the staging area. In effect, you instruct Git to update your files in the next commit.

You must run git committo save the updates.

This is how you use git addthe command to stage a file or folder for the next commit.

git add Tutorial.txt

For directories:

git add -Delft

In our case, we have a Tutorial.txtfile in our working directory. If we make some changes to the file, we will use git add Tutorial.txtthe command to stage the changes for a commit.

Use git committhe command to save the staged changes in the Git directory.

We use git committhe command to save any staged changes in our working directory. We git adduse this command with .

These commits are like snapshots of the current state of your project.

Git allows you to collect the changes you think you have collected before pushing them to a central server. This way, only what you are working on and agreeing on is moved to the central server.

Earlier, we staged a file using this command.

git add Tutorial.txt

We use git statusthe command to check the output below.

pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git (main)
$ git status
On branch main
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git restore --staged <file>..." to unstage)
        new file:   Tutorial.txt

To save the changes, run git commit.

pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git (main)
$ git status
On branch main
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git restore --staged <file>..." to unstage)
        new file:   Tutorial.txt
$git commit

Output:

Summarize the commit on the first line. Leaving it empty will end the commit.

Use git stashthe command to save staged and unstaged changes in a Git directory

We use git stashthe command to save staged and unstaged changes. Use git statusthe command to check your dirty workspace.

$ git status
On branch main
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git restore --staged <file>..." to unstage)
        modified:   Tutorial.txt

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
        deleted:    text.txt.txt
        modified:   text.txt.txt.bak

We can git stashsave the above changes to work on other things using the command.

pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git (main)
$ git stash
Saved working directory and index state WIP on main: 195e5c3 $git status

run git status:

pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git (main)
$ git status
On branch main
nothing to commit, working tree clean

git stash popUndo in Git using commandgit stash

To undo git stash, use git stash popthe command. It will reapply your stash to your working copy.

pc@JOHN MINGW64 ~/Git (main)
$ git stash pop
Removing text.txt.txt
On branch main
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
        modified:   Tutorial.txt
        deleted:    text.txt.txt
        modified:   text.txt.txt.bak

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
Dropped refs/stash@{0} (e1fdba2aaecc32e7ad546de1586a2381f812a5dd)