Implement "git stash branch <newbranch> <stash>"

Restores the stashed state on a new branch rooted at the commit on which
the stash was originally created, so that conflicts caused by subsequent
changes on the original branch can be dealt with.

(Thanks to Junio for this nice idea.)

Signed-off-by: Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@toroid.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/git-stash.sh b/git-stash.sh
index 4938ade589..889445c4fc 100755
--- a/git-stash.sh
+++ b/git-stash.sh
@@ -218,6 +218,23 @@ drop_stash () {
 	git rev-parse --verify "$ref_stash@{0}" > /dev/null 2>&1 || clear_stash
 }
 
+apply_to_branch () {
+	have_stash || die 'Nothing to apply'
+
+	test -n "$1" || die 'No branch name specified'
+	branch=$1
+
+	if test -z "$2"
+	then
+		set x "$ref_stash@{0}"
+	fi
+	stash=$2
+
+	git-checkout -b $branch $stash^ &&
+	apply_stash --index $stash &&
+	drop_stash $stash
+}
+
 # Main command set
 case "$1" in
 list)
@@ -264,6 +281,10 @@ pop)
 		drop_stash "$@"
 	fi
 	;;
+branch)
+	shift
+	apply_to_branch "$@"
+	;;
 *)
 	if test $# -eq 0
 	then