How to Git stash pop specific stash in 1.8.3?

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I just upgraded Git. I'm on Git version 1.8.3.

This morning I tried to unstash a change 1 deep in the stack.

I ran git stash pop stash@{1} and got this error.

fatal: ambiguous argument 'stash@1': unknown revision or path not in the working tree. Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this: 'git [...] -- [...]'

I've tried about 20+ variations on this as well as using apply instead of pop with no success. What's changed? Anyone else encounter this?

With Git 2.11 (Q4 2016), you can now use `git stash pop 1`: see [my answer below](http://stackoverflow.com/a/40543440/6309) — VonC, Nov 11 '16 at 07:52

Bob Gilmore · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-01T20:53:56.600

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git stash apply n

works as of git version 2.11

Original answer, possibly helping to debug issues with the older syntax involving shell escapes:

As pointed out previously, the curly braces may require escaping or quoting depending on your OS, shell, etc.

See "stash@{1} is ambiguous?" for some detailed hints of what may be going wrong, and how to work around it in various shells and platforms.

git stash list
git stash apply stash@{n}

git stash apply version

edited Apr 01 '20 at 20:53

answered Jul 03 '13 at 17:51

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My only nit with this answer is that the question asks how to `pop` a specific stash and this command `apply`s the stash rather than popping it. The difference being that a pop both applies the stash to the code and deletes the stash itself. – Grant Humphries Feb 16 '18 at 20:00
Not working for me. Getting error "unknown option: -encodedCommand" – Yuvraj Patil Mar 12 '18 at 06:30
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[Since the version 2.11 you can type:](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1910082/git-stash-apply-version/44451133#44451133) `git stash apply n` – Dwhitz Apr 05 '18 at 12:49
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Also, you can type `git stash pop ''` where stash-ref is like `stash{0}`. Don't forget the quotes – A G Oct 26 '22 at 09:49
This also works for commands like `git stash show 1`, which will do `git stash show` with the *second* item on the stash stack – FreelanceConsultant Jan 10 '23 at 15:41

score 233 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 03 '17 at 21:48

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You need to escape the braces:

git stash pop stash@\{1\}

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answered Jul 03 '13 at 17:51

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or just put into doubles quote, e.g. git stash pop "stash@{1}" – Harold Castillo Mar 12 '21 at 17:43

score 151 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 09 '18 at 17:53

If you want to be sure to not have to deal with quotes for the syntax stash@{x}, use Git 2.11 (Q4 2016)

See commit a56c8f5 (24 Oct 2016) by Aaron M Watson (watsona4).
^{(Merged by Junio C Hamano -- gitster -- in commit 9fa1f90, 31 Oct 2016)}

stash: allow stashes to be referenced by index only

Instead of referencing "stash@{n}" explicitly, make it possible to simply reference as "n".
Most users only reference stashes by their position in the stash stack (what I refer to as the "index" here).

The syntax for the typical stash (stash@{n}) is slightly annoying and easy to forget, and sometimes difficult to escape properly in a script.

Because of this the capability to do things with the stash by simply referencing the index is desirable.

So:

git stash drop 1
git stash pop 1
git stash apply 1
git stash show 1

Robert Brooker · Answer 4 · 2022-07-05T05:39:02.647

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Update

From git 2.11 just use the number:

git stash apply 1

Orginal

On Windows Powershell I run this:

git stash apply "stash@{1}"

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answered Jul 01 '15 at 22:13

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Works on ubuntu linux too – Bouke Versteegh Oct 07 '15 at 12:18
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also works on Mac OS X. I like this better than escaping single characters. – Félix Adriyel Gagnon-Grenier Oct 19 '15 at 19:01

score 18 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 18 '15 at 02:22

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As Robert pointed out, quotation marks might do the trick for you:

git stash pop stash@"{1}"

answered Aug 18 '15 at 02:22

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score 15 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 24 '17 at 15:00

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If none of the above work, quotation marks around the stash itself might work for you:

git stash pop "stash@{0}"

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score 13 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 03 '19 at 23:55

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I have 2.22 installed and this worked..

git stash pop --index 1

answered Oct 03 '19 at 23:55

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It doesn't work.. $ git stash pop --index 1 fatal: ambiguous argument '1': unknown revision or path not in the working tree. Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this: 'git [...] -- [...]' – Dave Doga Oz Apr 17 '20 at 17:52
warning on Poping your stashes – shervinox Dec 18 '20 at 22:04

score 10 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 05 '19 at 05:40

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Version 2.11+ use the following:

git stash list

git stash apply n

n is the number stash@{12}

answered Sep 05 '19 at 05:40

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score 9 · Answer 9 · edited Feb 05 '19 at 12:52

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First check the list:-

git stash list

copy the index you wanted to pop from the stash list

git stash pop stash@{index_number}

eg.:

git stash pop stash@{1}

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answered Feb 05 '19 at 11:10

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score 3 · Answer 10 · answered Mar 07 '22 at 17:58

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I've seen this answer a few times in this list, but just to be explicitly clear, at least as of git version 2.33.0, git stash pop stash@{n} is valid. No escaping necessary.

answered Mar 07 '22 at 17:58

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Might depend on the shell you use, right? – silverdr Mar 07 '23 at 10:59
@silverdr Yeah I suppose that's possible. I'm just using whatever comes with the Git CLI for Windows within VS Code. – PaulBunion Mar 08 '23 at 11:33
Yes, that explains. In some shells the curly braces need to be escaped or the whole argument quoted. Other than that this generally works – silverdr Mar 08 '23 at 13:38

How to Git stash pop specific stash in 1.8.3?

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`stash`: allow stashes to be referenced by index only

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How to Git stash pop specific stash in 1.8.3?

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stash: allow stashes to be referenced by index only

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`stash`: allow stashes to be referenced by index only