Using 'git stash' as a todo list

I just use<p><pre><code> git add -p </code></pre> That way I can code at my leisure and worry less about the bookkeeping until I am ready to publish.

Isn't this what branches are for? This seems ridiculous.<p>I applaud the ingenuity but I think the author would be better off making a shortcut/alias to create a branch from the current head with some interesting name and commit message and commit the changes to the new branch, then switch back to the current one.<p>One accidental "git stash clear" and this dude's setup is wiped!