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Re: [PATCH] git-add: allow path limiting with -u

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
May 12, 2007, 07:13 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> Rather than updating all working tree paths, we limit
> ourselves to paths listed on the command line.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> ---
> This turned out to be quite easy to implement. Patch is slightly larger
> than necessary due to removing _all_ from the variable names, but I
> think that better expresses the new functionality.
>
> I'm not sure that the documentation needs updated at all; I had just
> assumed after reading it that 'git-add -u foo' would DWIM.

Wonderful, and I agree it should be almost trivial once you understand how diff works. Will take a look.

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  1. git-add: allow path limiting with -uJeff King, May 12, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2007
  3. Jakub NarebskiMay 13, 2007
  4. Jeff KingMay 14, 2007
  5. Jakub NarebskiMay 14, 2007
  6. Jeff KingMay 14, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2007
  8. Jeff KingMay 14, 2007
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