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Re: Feature request - discard hunk in add --patch mode

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 15, 2012, 18:46 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> writes:
>
>> This has come up before, and actually led to the introduction of
>> 'checkout -p' and 'reset -p':
>>
>>   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/123854
>
> That is a blast from the past.
>
> Why is saying "git checkout ." too much work, after "add -p" that
> you excluded the debugging cruft?

Please forget this question. A better way in the form of "stash -p" was suggested in the old thread to get rid of debug cruft in the tree before an "add -p" session (or during a series of "add -p" sessions).

So is this still an issue?
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Message 4 of 7 in “Feature request - discard hunk in add --patch mode”
  1. Mina AlmasryAug 15, 2012
  2. Thomas RastAug 15, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2012
  5. Mina AlmasryAug 15, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2012
  7. Mina AlmasryAug 23, 2012

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