How to apply a stash by name in git

1) In git it's easy to retrieve stashes by number like this:

git stash apply stash@{5}

But that number changes as you add more stashes to the list.

2) Instead you could perform some jiggery-pokery in bash to look up the stash by name:

git stash apply $(git stash list | grep "$NAME" | cut -d: -f1)

You can apply multiple stashes as long as they don't overlap.

3) Or you could save the commit and refer to it by tag:

git commit -m'The usual changes to aid debugging'
git tag foo
git reset --hard HEAD^
git cherry-pick -n foo

(-n is --no-commit)

This way if they overlap you can use git's merging/conflict mechanism.

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