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    # How to recover a dropped stash in Git?

    __1. Find the stash commits:__
    ## 1. Find the stash commits

    ```sh
    git log --graph --oneline --decorate ( git fsck --no-reflog | awk '/dangling commit/ {print $3}' )
    ```

    _This will show you all the commits at the tips of your commit graph which are no longer referenced from any branch or tag – every lost commit, including every stash commit you’ve ever created, will be somewhere in that graph._

    __2. Once you know the hash of the commit you want, you can apply it as a stash:__
    __bash/sh shell users:__ Version above is for Fish shell, so if you are bash/sh user just add a `$` sign before to the left parenthesis.

    ## 2. Once you know the hash of the commit you want, you can apply it as a stash

    ```sh
    git stash apply YOUR_WIP_COMMIT_HASH
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    # How to recover a dropped stash in Git?

    1. Find the stash commits:
    __1. Find the stash commits:__

    ```sh
    git log --graph --oneline --decorate ( git fsck --no-reflog | awk '/dangling commit/ {print $3}' )
    ```

    _This will show you all the commits at the tips of your commit graph which are no longer referenced from any branch or tag – every lost commit, including every stash commit you’ve ever created, will be somewhere in that graph._

    2. Once you know the hash of the commit you want, you can apply it as a stash:
    __2. Once you know the hash of the commit you want, you can apply it as a stash:__

    ```sh
    git stash apply YOUR_WIP_COMMIT_HASH
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    # How to recover a dropped stash in Git?

    1. Find the stash commits:

    ```sh
    git log --graph --oneline --decorate ( git fsck --no-reflog | awk '/dangling commit/ {print $3}' )
    ```

    _This will show you all the commits at the tips of your commit graph which are no longer referenced from any branch or tag – every lost commit, including every stash commit you’ve ever created, will be somewhere in that graph._

    2. Once you know the hash of the commit you want, you can apply it as a stash:

    ```sh
    git stash apply YOUR_WIP_COMMIT_HASH
    ```

    _Note: The commit message will only be in this form (starting with "WIP on") if you did not supply a message when you did git stash._

    __Source:__ View the complete answer at https://stackoverflow.com/a/91795/2510591