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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-stash.txt11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index ad95ed9..17121ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ git-stash - Stash the changes in a dirty working directory away
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-stash' (save | list | show [<stash>] | apply [<stash>] | clear)
+'git-stash' (list | show [<stash>] | apply [<stash>] | clear)
+'git-stash' [save] [message...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -22,7 +23,9 @@ The modifications stashed away by this command can be listed with
`git-stash list`, inspected with `git-stash show`, and restored
(potentially on top of a different commit) with `git-stash apply`.
Calling git-stash without any arguments is equivalent to `git-stash
-save`.
+save`. A stash is by default listed as "WIP on 'branchname' ...", but
+you can give a more descriptive message on the command line when
+you create one.
The latest stash you created is stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/stash`; older
stashes are found in the reflog of this reference and can be named using
@@ -48,8 +51,8 @@ list::
based on.
+
----------------------------------------------------------------
-stash@{0}: submit: 6ebd0e2... Add git-stash
-stash@{1}: master: 9cc0589... Merge branch 'master' of gfi
+stash@{0}: WIP on submit: 6ebd0e2... Update git-stash documentation
+stash@{1}: On master: 9cc0589... Add git-stash
----------------------------------------------------------------
show [<stash>]::