Re: git add -p with new file

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 13, 2016, 19:12 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqpokv3aor.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20161213185653.ys3ig377zhmblncl@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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>> Perhaps the latter is not advertised well enough?  "add -p" does not
>> even page so it is not very useful way to check what is being added
>> if you are adding a new file (unless you are doing a toy example to
>> add a 7-line file).
>
> I use "add -p" routinely for my final add-and-sanity-check,...
> ... To me they are all tools in the toolbox, and I can pick the one that
> works best in any given situation, or that I just feel like using that
> day.

Oh, there is no question about that. I was just pointing out that "add -p" is not the "one that works best" when dealing with a path that is not yet even in the index.