From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:38:13 GMT
Subject: Re: selective git-update-index per diff(1) chunks
Message-ID: <7v3b7zalsq.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <slrnen04os.a5.Peter.B.Baumann@xp.machine.xx>

Peter Baumann <Peter.B.Baumann@stud.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
writes:

> 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).