Re: An alternate model for preparing partial commits

> Robert Anderson schrieb:
>> Seems to me the concept of the "index" is a half-baked version of what
>> I really want, which is the ability to factor a working tree's changes
>> into its constituent parts in preparation for committing them.  The
>> index provides some very nice facilities to factor out changes in a
>> working tree into a "staging area", but the fundamental flaw of this
>> in my view is that this "staging area" is not instantiated as a tree,
>> so it cannot be compiled and/or tested before committing.
>
> I do this all the time. After I have made $N commits out of my worktree, I
> usually
>
>        $ git rebase -i HEAD~$N
>
> and turn all 'pick's into 'edit's and 'squash's. Then I can compile and
> test each commit, perhaps add some fixups, in isolation.
>
> -- Hannes