Git stash is indeed more dangerous than branching. Stashes don’t go into the reflog, and so you lose the primary safety net that git offers. I’ve watched people

Git stash is indeed more dangerous than branching. Stashes don’t go into the reflog, and so you lose the primary safety net that git offers. I’ve watched people get into a bad state with stash and end up losing work. The stash documentation says “If you mistakenly drop or clear stash entries, they cannot be recovered through the normal safety mechanisms. However, you can try the following incantation to get a list of stash entries that are still in your repository, but not reachable any more: <git fsck ...>” https://git-scm.com/docs/git-stash https://git-scm.com/docs/git-stash I know stash feels easier to a lot of people, and that’s a valid reason, but it’s really no more typing or thinking to use branches instead, it just might require changing habits.