[GuiA]

git stash actually changes what's on the filesystem though (i.e. you cannot randomly open up something that is stashed in an arbitrary text editor).

[ufo]

You could always just unstash things, I suppose. In the context I was talking about, the stash is only used to prepare a commit, and after that you can unstash everything. For longer term stashing I think named branches you easily checkout are a better alternative.