You won't see the custom message in `git stash list`, you will see it in
`git log` while in detached HEAD state.
$ git stash create "changes to readme"
0a28354847baf90f2c7377a262f35e62c461a95e
$ git stash store 0a28354847baf90f2c7377a262f35e62c461a95e
$ git checkout 0a28354847baf90f2c7377a262f35e62c461a95e
$ git log
commit 0a28354847baf90f2c7377a262f35e62c461a95e (HEAD)
Merge: 323920c 46c4b6a
Author: git stash <git@stash>
Date: Sat Jul 5 22:18:58 2025 -0500
On main: changes to readme
commit 46c4b6a5d22df525da70c1bbfc6d3a36c4ba25e3
Author: git stash <git@stash>
Date: Sat Jul 5 22:18:58 2025 -0500
index on main: 323920c docs: add readme
...
Darren
On 2025-07-05 20:28, José Miguel Armijo Fidalgo wrote:
What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
$ git stash create "example message"
1e9b483d1f9477de5c99a708f4aa512ba
$ git stash store 1e9b483d1f9477de5c99a708f4aa512ba
$ git stash list
What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
stash@{0}: example message
What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
stash@{0}: Created via "git stash store".
What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
The documentation does not explain what the message "argument" is used for.
I would have expected that the message would be used by the store command.
Anything else you want to add:
If the message argument is not used at all, I would expect to
remove the argument, or
alternatively, that the documentation explains why the argument
exists and what it does/doesn't do.
Please review the rest of the bug report below.
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[System Info]
git version:
git version 2.50.0
cpu: arm64
no commit associated with this build
sizeof-long: 8
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: /bin/sh
feature: fsmonitor--daemon
libcurl: 8.7.1
zlib: 1.2.12
SHA-1: SHA1_DC
SHA-256: SHA256_BLK
uname: Darwin 24.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.5.0: Tue Apr 22 19:54:33
PDT 2025; root:xnu-11417.121.6~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T8122 arm64
compiler info: clang: 17.0.0 (clang-1700.0.13.3)
libc info: no libc information available
$SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/zsh
