[PATCH v2 1/5] add-patch: improve help for options j, J, k, and K
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René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
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- Oct 5, 2025, 15:55 UTC
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The options j, J, k, and K don't affect the status of the current hunk. They just go to a different one. This is true whether the current hunk is undecided or not. Avoid misunderstanding by no longer mentioning the current hunk explicitly in their help texts.
Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> --- Documentation/git-add.adoc | 8 ++++---- add-patch.c | 8 ++++---- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.adoc b/Documentation/git-add.adoc index ad629c46c5..3266ccf105 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-add.adoc @@ -342,10 +342,10 @@ patch:: d - do not stage this hunk or any of the later hunks in the file g - select a hunk to go to / - search for a hunk matching the given regex - j - leave this hunk undecided, see next undecided hunk - J - leave this hunk undecided, see next hunk - k - leave this hunk undecided, see previous undecided hunk - K - leave this hunk undecided, see previous hunk + j - go to the next undecided hunk + J - go to the next hunk + k - go to the previous undecided hunk + K - go to the previous hunk s - split the current hunk into smaller hunks e - manually edit the current hunk p - print the current hunk diff --git a/add-patch.c b/add-patch.c index b0389c5d5b..912266a3f8 100644 --- a/add-patch.c +++ b/add-patch.c @@ -1397,10 +1397,10 @@ static size_t display_hunks(struct add_p_state *s, } static const char help_patch_remainder[] = -N_("j - leave this hunk undecided, see next undecided hunk\n" - "J - leave this hunk undecided, see next hunk\n" - "k - leave this hunk undecided, see previous undecided hunk\n" - "K - leave this hunk undecided, see previous hunk\n" +N_("j - go to the next undecided hunk\n" + "J - go to the next hunk\n" + "k - go to the previous undecided hunk\n" + "K - go to the previous hunk\n" "g - select a hunk to go to\n" "/ - search for a hunk matching the given regex\n" "s - split the current hunk into smaller hunks\n"
-- 2.51.0