Re: git add intent-to-add then git add patch no longer allows edit

From: Raymond E. Pasco <ray@ameretat.dev>
Date: Aug 24, 2020, 21:03 UTC
Message-ID: <C55J4YTSBL48.171K3FSJLUQOA@ziyou.local>
In-Reply-To: <fe21c773-341c-d029-077c-00daeb6014f7@gmail.com>

On Mon Aug 24, 2020 at 1:28 PM EDT, Phillip Wood wrote:

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> The patch I was referring to is 2c8bd8471a ("checkout -p: handle new
> files correctly", 2020-05-27)
>
> I tested seen at 3981657b13 ("Merge branch 'rp/apply-cached-doc' into
> seen", 2020-08-21). I was using the C version of 'add -p' which is
> opt-in at the moment by setting add.interactive.usebuiltin=true in your
> config (or with git -c). I hope that helps, I'm going off line now for
> 10-14 days

Indeed, this works and restores my workflow (although it errors out if I don't manually edit the range information, which isn't necessary with diffs to existing files). It's a bit unsatisfying as it stands, but perhaps there are patches I can write.

No need to reply, enjoy your vacation!