Re: How to reset selected lines?

From: Pratyush Yadav <me@yadavpratyush.com>
Date: Aug 14, 2019, 11:11 UTC
Message-ID: <20190814111108.lymvzdwicpil53at@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <1f31dd2c-3023-2d13-3466-bffabab703cc@kdbg.org>

On 14/08/19 12:07AM, Johannes Sixt wrote:

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> Am 13.08.19 um 16:18 schrieb Pratyush Yadav:
> > Now, I want to add a similar feature, but one that discards/resets the 
> > selected lines. And I'd like to avoid the hack that git-gui's 
> > apply_range_or_line is. So, is there a cleaner way to do this that does 
> > not involve generating a diff and then applying it?
> 
> Don't waste your time. I'm using this feature since years. It's
> available in these three commits:
> 
> https://github.com/j6t/git/commit/55276690b2bc6a
> https://github.com/j6t/git/commit/f12b294b68b595
> https://github.com/j6t/git/commit/00860615691604
> 
> Thanks go to Bert Wesarg. The patches are also available in this thread:
> 
> https://public-inbox.org/git/cccd6193cf3bfe170e14270204d735a842bb8563.1326116492.git.bert.wesarg@googlemail.com/#t

Thanks for letting me know. I did try a similar change, before asking here, but git-apply complained about corrupt patches, so I thought more work had to be done. I'll look into the patches and see if I can work them into patches fit for merging.

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Regards,
Pratyush Yadav