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[PATCH 5/7] Teach builtin-add to pass path arguments to git-add--interactive

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Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com>
Date
Nov 23, 2007, 19:20 UTC
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The previous patches in the series taught git-add--interactive to handle optional path arguments. This patch teaches builtin-add to pass these arguments through to the script.

Signed-off-by: Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com>
---
 Documentation/git-add.txt |    4 +++-
 builtin-add.c             |   23 +++++++++++++----------
 commit.h                  |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 63829d9..0b0ab1d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -i, \--interactive::
 	Add modified contents in the working tree interactively to
-	the index.
+	the index. Optional path arguments may be supplied to limit
+	operation to a subset of the files in the working tree.
+	See ``Interactive mode'' for details.
 
 -u::
 	Update only files that git already knows about. This is similar
diff --git a/builtin-add.c b/builtin-add.c
index cf815a0..3646a45 100644
--- a/builtin-add.c
+++ b/builtin-add.c
@@ -135,11 +135,17 @@ static void refresh(int verbose, const char **pathspec)
         free(seen);
 }
 
-int interactive_add(void)
+int interactive_add(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-	const char *argv[2] = { "add--interactive", NULL };
-
-	return run_command_v_opt(argv, RUN_GIT_CMD);
+	int status;
+	const char **args = xmalloc(sizeof(const char *) * (argc + 1));
+	args[0] = "add--interactive";
+	memcpy((void *)args + sizeof(const char *), argv, sizeof(const char *) * argc);
+	args[argc + 1] = NULL;
+
+	status = run_command_v_opt(args, RUN_GIT_CMD);
+	free(args);
+	return status;
 }
 
 static struct lock_file lock_file;
@@ -163,17 +169,14 @@ static struct option builtin_add_options[] = {
 
 int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-	int i, newfd, orig_argc = argc;
+	int i, newfd = argc;
 	const char **pathspec;
 	struct dir_struct dir;
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, builtin_add_options,
 			  builtin_add_usage, 0);
-	if (add_interactive) {
-		if (add_interactive != 1 || orig_argc != 2)
-			die("add --interactive does not take any parameters");
-		exit(interactive_add());
-	}
+	if (add_interactive)
+		exit(interactive_add(argc, argv));
 
 	git_config(git_default_config);
 
diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index aa67986..d82b8bc 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ extern struct commit_list *get_shallow_commits(struct object_array *heads,
 
 int in_merge_bases(struct commit *, struct commit **, int);
 
-extern int interactive_add(void);
+extern int interactive_add(int argc, const char **argv);
 extern void add_files_to_cache(int verbose, const char *prefix, const char **files);
 extern int rerere(void);
 
-- 
1.5.3.6.886.g3364
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Message 6 of 18 in “git-add--interactive pathspec and patch additions”
  1. git-add--interactive pathspec and patch additionsWincent Colaiuta, Nov 23, 2007
  2. 1/7 Add -q/--quiet switch to git-ls-filesWincent Colaiuta, Nov 23, 2007
  3. 2/7 Rename patch_update_file function to patch_update_pathspecWincent Colaiuta, Nov 23, 2007
  4. 3/7 Add path-limiting to git-add--interactiveWincent Colaiuta, Nov 23, 2007
  5. 4/7 Bail if user supplies an invalid pathspecWincent Colaiuta, Nov 23, 2007
  6. 5/7 Teach builtin-add to pass path arguments to git-add--interactiveWincent Colaiuta, Nov 23, 2007
  7. 6/7 Add "--patch" option to git-add--interactiveWincent Colaiuta, Nov 23, 2007
  8. 7/7 Teach builtin-add to handle "--patch" optionWincent Colaiuta, Nov 23, 2007
  9. Wincent ColaiutaNov 23, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2007
  11. Wincent ColaiutaNov 23, 2007
  12. 0/3 Updates to git-add--interactiveWincent Colaiuta, Nov 24, 2007
  13. 1/3 Rename patch_update_file function to patch_update_pathspecWincent Colaiuta, Nov 24, 2007
  14. 2/3 Move pathspec validation into interactive_addWincent Colaiuta, Nov 24, 2007
  15. 3/3 Add "--patch" option to git-add--interactiveWincent Colaiuta, Nov 24, 2007
  16. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2007
  17. Wincent ColaiutaNov 24, 2007
  18. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2007

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