# 'git format-patch' --interactive? 2 messages from 2008-08-31 to 2008-08-31. Participants: Ittay Dror, David Aguilar. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/15294 ## Ittay Dror, 2008-08-31 04:27 Subject: 'git format-patch' --interactive? Message-ID: <48BA1D9D.1070003@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/48BA1D9D.1070003%40gmail.com ``` Hi, Is there a way (tool) to allow me to interactively format a patch so that I can remove formatting noise or insignificant changes? Thank you, Ittay -- -- Ittay Dror ``` ## David Aguilar, 2008-08-31 09:32 Subject: Re: 'git format-patch' --interactive? Message-ID: <402731c90808310232r56f399y55216f7f7748ed42@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/402731c90808310232r56f399y55216f7f7748ed42%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <48BA1D9D.1070003@gmail.com> ``` On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Ittay Dror wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way (tool) to allow me to interactively format a patch so that I > can remove formatting noise or insignificant changes? > > Thank you, > Ittay > > -- > -- > Ittay Dror > Yes -- get changes into your worktree (through e.g. "git apply") and then use "git cola" to edit the index and/or worktree into a commitable state . http://cola.tuxfamily.org/ You can undo or ignore specific changes to a file, which is what it sounds like you're trying to do. -- David ```