git stash equivalents in other revision control systems?

Question

Does hg, svn or others have an option like git stash?

Answer 1

If you don't want to use shelves, you can do it the following way.

hg diff > mylocalchanges.txt
hg revert -a
# Do your merge here, once you are done, import back your local mods
hg import --no-commit mylocalchanges.txt

Answer 2

The general name for that feature is:

Shelving: the ability to actually upload intermediate revisions to the server without really checking them in.
In a CVCS (Centralized VCS), you actually need to upload those intermediate data to a central server.
But in a DVCS (Distributed VCS), you just need to store them in a the local repository.

There is:

• the shelve extension for Mercurial
• temporary branches for SVN, or patch files
• p4tar (again patch based) for Perforce, even though the Perforce 2009.2 has now shelve and unshelve features.
• saved checked-out data in Plastic SCM (for shelving data)

You can find all the other SCM shelving commands in this SCM comparison table on Wikipedia.

• Accurev: keep / co (this is disputed in this question)
• Bazaar: shelve / unshelve
• Darcs: revert / unrevert

Answer 3

Jazz Source Control, integrated in IBM Rational Team Concert supports this functionality. It is called "Suspend".

From the Jazz.net site: "Jazz allows you to temporarily remove a change set from your workspace by suspending it. At some point in the future, you can resume the change set and continue working on it."

Jazz Source Control FAQ