From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:16:17 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] add--interactive: ignore mode change in 'p'atch command
Message-ID: <20080327221616.GA28179@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <m3fxucuesq.fsf@localhost.localdomain>

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 12:51:04PM -0700, Jakub Narebski wrote:

> Well, one hypothetical situation where having mode-change as 0th
> pseudo-hunk in git-add--interactive would be useful is the situation
> where you have changed file mode by accident, and do not want it
> staged (included in the commit), at all.

FWIW, the diff "header" that "git add -p" gives you now does mention the
mode change. But it's very easy to miss, since you are presumably
looking for the hunk text. Asking is much nicer, IMHO.

-Peff