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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-add.txt: Explain --patch option in layman terms

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 31, 2009, 23:42 UTC
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Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> writes:
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>     --patch:
>     -p::
>         In a modified work tree, choose interactively which patch hunks to
>         add. This gives a change to review the difference between the
>         index and the work before adding modified contents to the index.
Sounds sensible.  You may want to be even more direct and succinct, e.g.
    Interactively choose hunks of patch between the index and the work
    tree and add them to the index.
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  1. Documentation/git-add.txt: Explain --patch option in layman termsJari Aalto, Aug 30, 2009
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  10. Improve --patch option documentation in git-addJari Aalto, Sep 13, 2009
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