For all unstaged files in current working directory use:
git checkout -- .
For a specific file use:
git checkout -- path/to/file/to/revert
-- here to remove ambiguity (this is known as argument disambiguation).
For Git 2.23 onwards, one may want to use the more specific
git restore .
resp.
git restore path/to/file/to/revert
that together with git switch replaces the overloaded git checkout (see here), and thus removes the argument disambiguation.
Once you know the hash of the stash commit you dropped, you can apply it as a stash:
git stash apply $stash_hash
Or, you can create a separate branch for it with
git branch recovered $stash_hash
After that, you can do whatever you want with all the normal tools. When you’re done, just blow the branch away.
Finding the hash
If you have only just popped it and the terminal is still open, you will still have the hash value printed by git stash pop on screen (thanks, Dolda).
Otherwise, you can find it using this for Linux, Unix or Git Bash for Windows:
git fsck --no-reflog | awk '/dangling commit/ {print $3}'
...or using Powershell for Windows:
git fsck --no-reflog | select-string 'dangling commit' | foreach { $_.ToString().Split(" ")[2] }
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.
The easiest way to find the stash commit you want is probably to pass that list to gitk:
gitk --all $( git fsck --no-reflog | awk '/dangling commit/ {print $3}' )
...or see the answer from emragins if using Powershell for Windows.
This will launch a repository browser showing you every single commit in the repository ever, regardless of whether it is reachable or not.
You can replace gitk there with something like git log --graph --oneline --decorate if you prefer a nice graph on the console over a separate GUI app.
To spot stash commits, look for commit messages of this form:
WIP on somebranch: commithash Some old commit message
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.
Best Answer
You can't merge with local modifications. Git protects you from losing potentially important changes.
You have three options:
Commit the change using
Stash it.
Stashing acts as a stack, where you can push changes, and you pop them in reverse order.
To stash, type
Do the merge, and then pull the stash:
Discard the local changes
using
git reset --hardor
git checkout -t -f remote/branchOr: Discard local changes for a specific file
using
git checkout filename