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You have no tracked/staged files to stash

Error message

You have no tracked/staged files to stash

What it means

Thrown from the stash menu's 'stash staged changes' item when AnyStagedFilesExceptSubmodules() is false. This option maps to 'git stash --staged' (SaveStagedChanges); the source comment notes that without something in the index the current implementation 'mucks the stash up', so lazygit requires at least one staged file before allowing it.

Source

Thrown at pkg/gui/controllers/files_controller.go:1307

					}
					// if there are no staged files it behaves the same as Stash.Save
					return self.handleStashSave(self.c.Git().Stash.StashAndKeepIndex, self.c.Tr.Actions.StashAllChangesKeepIndex)
				},
				Keys: menuKey('i'),
			},
			{
				Label: self.c.Tr.StashIncludeUntrackedChanges,
				OnPress: func() error {
					return self.handleStashSave(self.c.Git().Stash.StashIncludeUntrackedChanges, self.c.Tr.Actions.StashIncludeUntrackedChanges)
				},
				Keys: menuKey('U'),
			},
			{
				Label: self.c.Tr.StashStagedChanges,
				OnPress: func() error {
					// there must be something in staging otherwise the current implementation mucks the stash up
					if !self.c.Helpers().WorkingTree.AnyStagedFilesExceptSubmodules() {
						return errors.New(self.c.Tr.NoTrackedStagedFilesStash)
					}
					return self.handleStashSave(self.c.Git().Stash.SaveStagedChanges, self.c.Tr.Actions.StashStagedChanges)
				},
				Keys: menuKey('s'),
			},
			{
				Label: self.c.Tr.StashUnstagedChanges,
				OnPress: func() error {
					if !self.c.Helpers().WorkingTree.IsWorkingTreeDirtyExceptSubmodules() {
						return errors.New(self.c.Tr.NoFilesToStash)
					}
					if self.c.Helpers().WorkingTree.AnyStagedFilesExceptSubmodules() {
						return self.handleStashSave(self.c.Git().Stash.StashUnstagedChanges, self.c.Tr.Actions.StashUnstagedChanges)
					}
					// ordinary stash
					return self.handleStashSave(self.c.Git().Stash.Push, self.c.Tr.Actions.StashUnstagedChanges)
				},
				Keys: menuKey('u'),

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Solutions

1. Stage at least one file first ('space' in the files panel), then choose stash staged changes
2. If you meant to stash everything, use 'stash all changes' instead

Example fix

# before: nothing staged, stash-staged errors
# after
git add path/to/file
# then select 'stash staged changes' (git stash --staged)

// Require staged files for the --staged variant:
if !workingTree.AnyStagedFilesExceptSubmodules() {
    return errors.New("stage at least one file before stashing staged changes")
}

When it happens

Trigger: Selecting 'stash staged changes' (menu key 's') when nothing is staged — all changes are unstaged or the tree is clean.

Common situations: Users who stage nothing but expect the option to stash their unstaged work, or who press it right after stashing once so the index is empty.

Related errors

• You have no files to stash
• You have no tracked/staged files to stash
• Git version must be at least %s. Please upgrade your git ver
• Lazygit does not support bare repos.
• unexpected git output

AI-assisted analysis of jesseduffield/lazygit@c477a2959b (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f98136818aeb6687. Report an issue: GitHub.