From: Robert Anderson <rwa000@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:01:14 GMT
Subject: Re: An alternate model for preparing partial commits
Message-ID: <9af502e50806271001j17a6ea8j4626d23e64a80c7f@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4864A652.6070607@viscovery.net>

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 1:35 AM, Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> wrote:
> 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

Hannes,

I do not have N commits.  I have a modified working tree from which I
would like to create N commits.  I would like to compile and test an
instantiation of each of those to-be-committed states before
committing them.

Thanks,
Bob