Stash is invaluable for when I need to do a hotfix or something or other and the work I'm currently doing on a feature branch is a mess of half-completed files

Stash is invaluable for when I need to do a hotfix or something or other and the work I'm currently doing on a feature branch is a mess of half-completed files that I just would not feel comfortable calling an actual commit. Stash allows you to save this and then come right back to it. Not every workflow needs to be followed to a T, at all times.