You can name a git stash like so: git stash push -m "message" Thwn find it like so: git stash list And apply the specific stash like so: git stash apply [email protected]{1} However git diff may be a better solution git diff > some.patch And to apply git apply some.patch So I've added these to my shell aliases . # Store patch function gdsp() { git diff > ~/.stashes/$1.patch gdlp } # Apply patch function gdap() { git apply ~/.stashes/$1.patch rm ~/.stashes/$1.patch gdlp ...