Re: Can not 'git add file'

From: Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net>
Date: Jan 3, 2016, 16:20 UTC
Message-ID: <1451838002.3109.2.camel@kaarsemaker.net>
In-Reply-To: <1500251451832791@web17m.yandex.ru>

On zo, 2016-01-03 at 16:53 +0200, KES wrote:

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> Untracked files:
>   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
> 
> 4       ../lib/Devel/DebugHooks/
> 
> $ git add -p ../lib/Devel/DebugHooks/Commands.pm
> No changes.
> 
> I want to start track file here, but I do not want to stage while
> file.
> 
> It seems the git can not process this case and do not allow me to
> complete that.

Correct, add -p for a new file is not supported, as it doesn't really make sense. There's no patch, it's a whole new file.

What you can do instead is first

git add -N ../lib/Devel/DebugHooks/Commands.pm

to mark the file as tracked without adding content. Then git add -p will allow you to add the contents partially.-- Dennis Kaarsemaker www.kaarsemaker.net