js/builtin-add-i, was Re: What's cooking in git.git (Oct 2019, #06; Thu, 24)

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 25, 2019, 14:52 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1910251647340.46@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqd0emfzrv.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

Hi Junio,

On Thu, 24 Oct 2019, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> * js/builtin-add-i (2019-08-30) 11 commits
>  . built-in add -i: implement the `help` command
>  . built-in add -i: use color in the main loop
>  . built-in add -i: support `?` (prompt help)
>  . built-in add -i: show unique prefixes of the commands
>  . Add a function to determine unique prefixes for a list of strings
>  . built-in add -i: implement the main loop
>  . built-in add -i: color the header in the `status` command
>  . built-in add -i: refresh the index before running `status`
>  . built-in add -i: implement the `status` command
>  . diff: export diffstat interface
>  . Start to implement a built-in version of `git add --interactive`
>
>  The beginning of rewriting "git add -i" in C.
>
>  Expecting a reroll on top of a base with the tg/stash-refresh-index
>  topic that defines an updated repo_refresh_and_write_index() helper.
>  cf. <20190911175201.GA11444@cat>

FWIW I am holding off from sending this in order not to distract from the -rc (feature freeze) phase.

I will update https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/170 in the next minutes, for interested parties, though, with the plan to send this out the _second_ v2.24.0 is out ;-)

Ciao, Dscho