Re: staging specific lines out of a hunk for a commit

From: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
Date: Sep 21, 2010, 10:52 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTim=FQyBHcaHEX92YLgODrvpesuA7e4xwXuWcFg4@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin4U78N_8LV8fCWuinNH9AFeOsRBjnvHM0qt2ZH@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 12:40, Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> I know 'git gui' has this cool feature where you can stage one line at
> a time. This is really handy, but also very annoying, if you have a
> large piece of code you want to commit.
>
> eg: I have a single hunk, which can't be split into smaller hunks
> because it is all new code. But that hunk fixes a few bugs, or
> introduces a few new features.
>
> Is there a way to use 'git add -i' or 'git add -p' or 'git gui' and
> tell it to add for example lines 5-20 of the hunk to the index?
> Currently with 'git gui', I have to right click and select 'Stage line
> for commit' 15+ times! :-(

Just select the lines you would like to add, and than you can stage them at once.

>
> I'm using git-gui 0.12.0.64 and git version 1.7.0.4.

But I don't know since when this feature is available.

Bert

>
> --
> Regards,
>   - Graeme -