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summaries in git add --patch

From
William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 27, 2008, 21:10 UTC
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<492F0CAD.3010101@gmail.com>

I just implemented a command to give a brief summary of the patches in the current file. Please note that I am just rediscovering perl after having abandoned it years ago, so any criticism is appreciated. 5 patches to follow. (From aa14a0c3f)

Here's a screen shot:
Stage this hunk [y,n,a,l,d,k,K,j,J,e,?]? l
'*' indicates current hunk.  '+' stage, '-' don't stage
  0+: @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ Aani
  1 : @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ abandonable
*2 : @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ abaton
  3 : @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ abdest
  4-: @@ -81192,9 +81192,9 @@ gyrous
  5 : @@ -234925,7 +234925,7 @@ zymotic
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ abaton
  abator
  abattoir
  Abatua
-abature
+agature
  abave
  abaxial
  abaxile
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