### Step 1: English Answer
I'm an expert in version control systems, and I'm here to help you understand the concept of a stash in Git. In Git, a stash is a mechanism that allows you to save your work-in-progress changes temporarily without committing them. This is particularly useful when you need to switch branches or work on a different task without committing your current changes, which may not be ready to be shared with your team or integrated into the project.

The git stash command is the key to using stashes. When you stash your changes, Git takes the modified and staged changes in your working directory and saves them on an internal stack. This stack allows you to manage multiple sets of stashed changes, which can be quite handy in complex workflows.

Here's a more detailed breakdown of how stashes work:


1. Saving Changes: When you're in the middle of something and you receive an urgent fix that needs to be addressed on another branch, you can use `git stash save` to quickly save your current state. You can optionally provide a message to describe the stash, but it's not required.


2. Stash List: After stashing, you can view the list of your stashes with `git stash list`. Each stash entry is given a name like `stash@{0}`, `stash@{1}`, and so on, indicating the order in which they were created.


3. Applying Stashes: When you're ready to return to your work, you can reapply your stashed changes using `git stash apply` followed by the stash name. If you have multiple stashes, you can specify which one to apply, or you can apply the most recent one by default.


4. Dropping Stashes: If you no longer need a stash, you can remove it from the stack with `git stash drop` followed by the stash name.


5. Clearing the Stash: To remove all stashes at once, you can use `git stash clear`.


6. Interactive Stashing: For a more controlled stashing process, you can use `git stash save --patch` to selectively stash parts of your work.

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Branching with Stashes: When you switch branches, Git will attempt to automatically apply any stashed changes that are relevant to the new branch. If there are conflicts, it will give you the opportunity to resolve them.

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Stash and Commit: Sometimes, you might want to create a stash and immediately create a new commit. You can do this with `git stash save --keep-index` or `git stash save --include-untracked`.

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Inspecting Stashes: You can inspect the contents of a stash with `git stash show -p stash@{n}` where `n` is the stash number.

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Rebasing and Stashes: During a rebase, you might want to keep your work area clean. You can use `git stash` before the rebase and then apply the stash after it's completed with `git stash pop`.

Using stashes is a powerful way to manage your work in Git, allowing you to keep your working directory clean and your commits focused on specific changes. It's a best practice to use stashes when you're interrupted or when you need to switch contexts quickly.

### Step 2: Separator
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The answer to this issue is the git stash command. Stashing takes the dirty state of your working directory -- that is, your modified tracked files and staged changes -- and saves it on a stack of unfinished changes that you can reapply at any time.read more >>