Re: summaries in git add --patch

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 28, 2008, 00:34 UTC
Message-ID: <7viqq8adsf.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <492F0CAD.3010101@gmail.com>

William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> writes:

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> 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

Machines count from zero but humans count from one.

What is your plans to limit the output of this when there are dozens of hunks?

A hunk can and often is quite long which would make this list scroll off the screen. Together with the previous point, I suspect it would be better to make this not part of the "Stage this one?" question, but an action that (1) does not do anything to the hunk we have currently focus on, and (2) does not move the focus after it does its thing. In other words, a new "status" action. I think 'S' is not taken yet although 's' is taken for 'split'.