Move uncomitted changes between Git branches

Sometimes I start working on a wrong branch of the project. But uncommitted changes can be moved.

• Stage changes to the working tree

  $ git add .
  

• Stash the contents of the staging area and thhe working tree

  $ git stash
  

• Then checkout the correct branch

  $ git checkout master
  

• Remove a single stashed state from the stash list and apply it on top of the current working tree state

  $ git stash pop
  

• Verify that the state has been moved and the stash list is empty

  $ git stash list
  

• Proceed as usual – edit, stage, commit to the correct branch.

— Oliver Frolovs, 2020