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Re: git-commit: select which files to commit while editing the commit message

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JWJosef Weidendorfer <josef.weidendorfer@gmx.de>
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Dec 8, 2006, 22:10 UTC
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On Friday 08 December 2006 21:45, Luben Tuikov wrote:
> This is how perforce does it*, and while it is useful, git is NOT perforce,
> and I agree with Junio and Jakub.

However, the idea itself is not bad. AFAIK, cogito does it this way. It could be done as separate command, e.g. "git add --interactive", and would only update the index.

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Message 3 of 20 in “Re: git-commit: select which files to commit while editing the commit message”
  1. Jakub NarebskiDec 8, 2006
  2. Luben TuikovDec 8, 2006
  3. Josef WeidendorferDec 8, 2006
  4. Seth FalconDec 8, 2006
  5. Jakub NarebskiDec 9, 2006
  6. Seth FalconDec 9, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 9, 2006
  8. Josef WeidendorferDec 10, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2006
  10. git-add --interactive (wip)Junio C Hamano, Dec 11, 2006
  11. Josef WeidendorferDec 11, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2006
  13. Johannes SchindelinDec 12, 2006
  14. Andreas EricssonDec 13, 2006
  15. Josef WeidendorferDec 13, 2006
  16. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2006
  17. Johannes SchindelinDec 13, 2006
  18. Shawn PearceDec 13, 2006
  19. Johannes SchindelinDec 13, 2006
  20. Josef WeidendorferDec 13, 2006

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