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Re: selective git-update-index per diff(1) chunks

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Dec 1, 2006, 11:38 UTC
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Peter Baumann <Peter.B.Baumann@stud.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> writes:

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> I don't think it belongs in the plumbing, the git-update-index but I
> think something like this would be very usefull.
>
> AFAIR darcs has this functionality. It selectively ask for each hunk if
> it should be commited. This would be awfull to have in git.

I concur, on both counts. My own now-defunct Porcelain had the darcs style interactive hunk selection because it felt so useful (and sometimes it was).

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