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Blackbam
Blackbam

Reputation: 19376

git stash drop: How can I delete older stashed states without dropping the latest X?

What I already have discoverd:

git stash list

... for listing all my stashes.

git stash show -p stash@{0} --name-only

To list all files within that stash (here the latest stash at position 0).

Now I have a project with hundreds of old stashed changes which will not be needed anymore. I know I could delete them all:

git stash clear

... or delete single stashes like this (deletes the stash with 87 stashes afterwards):

git stash drop stash@{87}

However I would like to delete the stashes 3-107. With a risky guess I tried:

git stash drop stash@{3-107} -- does not work

How can I do this?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 6039

Answers (5)

Joe Roddy
Joe Roddy

Reputation: 1098

Had issues with the answers here, this got it working for me:

for ((i=3; i<=23; i++)); do
  git stash drop stash@{3}
done

Just update 3 with the first index you want to delete, and 23 with the last index.

Upvotes: 1

jo_
jo_

Reputation: 9270

With bash while you can repeat a command until it fails so if you want to drop all stashed items above and including X

while $(git stash drop stash@{X}); do :; done

when removing one item from stash the others step forward, so repeating will remove all from X to the end

Upvotes: 2

Lojith Vinsuka
Lojith Vinsuka

Reputation: 1051

Example Stash List:

You can use git stash list command to see your stash list.

stash@{0}: On main: cell click away deselet bug fix
stash@{1}: On main: stop propagation added
stash@{2}: On main: Split layout new plan button cover from drawing fixed
stash@{3}: On main: free trial changes
stash@{4}: On main: auto start free trial
stash@{5}: On main: fixed stage size with zoom
stash@{6}: On main: stage resize
stash@{7}: On main: resize half done
stash@{8}: On main: resize events removed
stash@{9}: On new-navigation-menu: project changes
stash@{10}: On main: fixed height drawing stage
stash@{11}: On main: plan image size change fail
stash@{12}: On main: plan configure model changes done
stash@{13}: On main: after merge plan sheet model
stash@{14}: On main: enter key scale model bug fixed

Stashes need to keep : From 0 to 10

Stashes need to remove : From 11 to 14

(Using Windows Terminal)

git stash drop stash@{11}

I repeat this command 4 times. (You will be able to use a while loop as well)

1st Time : stash@{11} romoved.

2nd Time : stash@{12} romoved.

3rd Time : stash@{13} romoved.

4th Time : stash@{14} romoved.

Update:

Using for loop (Windows Command Prompt)

for /L %n in (14,-1,11) do git stash drop stash@{%n}

Done :)

Upvotes: 3

eftshift0
eftshift0

Reputation: 30212

You might try this:

i=3; while [ $i -lt 104 ]; do git stash pop stash@{3}; i=$(( $i + 1 )); done

Always drop 3 because when you drop 3 what was 4 is now 3 and so on so you keep on dropping stash@{3}. Either way use with EXTREME care!

Upvotes: 4

Adam
Adam

Reputation: 4580

Edit: We have to loop backwards because removing a stash changes the index of all stashes.

git stash drop doesn't accept more than one revision at a time;

$ git stash drop stash@\{{4..1}\}
Too many revisions specified: 'stash@{4}' 'stash@{3}' 'stash@{2}' 'stash@{1}'

You could achieve this with a loop in your shell. For example in bash;

$ for i in {4..1}; do
>     git stash drop stash@{$i};
> done
Dropped stash@{4} (175f810a53b06da05752b5f08d0b6550ca10dc55)
Dropped stash@{3} (3526a0929dac4e9042f7abd806846b5d527b0f2a)
Dropped stash@{2} (44357bb60f406d29a5d39ea0b5586578223953ac)
Dropped stash@{1} (c97f46ecab45846cc2c6138d7ca05348293344ce)

Upvotes: 7

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