Re: [PATCH 0/2] Use the built-in implementation of the interactive add command by default

> On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 12:40 AM Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
> <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It is time to declare this implementation robust, to use it by default, and
> > to start deprecating the scripted implementation.
> >
> > Johannes Schindelin (2):
> >   t2016: require the PERL prereq only when necessary
> >   add -i: default to the built-in implementation
>
> Sadly this implementation has a few bugs that still need fixing, with
> at least one IMHO being a showstopper.
>
> The way macOS implements stdin (through a device) it will always
> timeout in poll(), so escape keys that are left in the unread buffer
> and that could match some of the entries will result in the wrong
> entry being selected.
>
> I have a series[1] that reimplements this and that seemed to work fine
> in my tests while making the code simpler, but that I didn't
> prioritize (and wanted to clean up further) since I wanted to
> prioritize the EDITOR fixes in the same area.
>
> Carlo
>
> [1] https://github.com/git/git/pull/1150