# stgit: command to remove file from patch

2 messages from 2010-08-19 to 2010-08-20. Participants: av78us vaal, Chris Packham.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/24792

## av78us vaal, 2010-08-19 16:29

Subject: stgit: command to remove file from patch
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Hi, 

Is there a command to remove a file from a patch in stgit? I mean, something like "quilt remove". 

I searched a lot but I couldn't find any. 

If such a command is not available, is there an easy way to achieve this by other means. I tried this by changing the git commit and using "stg repair". That didn't work for me.

I would like to propose "stg remove" to be placed very high on stgit wish-list. 

Thanks,
Aneesh



      

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## Chris Packham, 2010-08-20 00:27

Subject: Re: stgit: command to remove file from patch
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On 19/08/10 09:29, av78us vaal wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> Is there a command to remove a file from a patch in stgit? I mean, something like "quilt remove". 
> 
> I searched a lot but I couldn't find any. 
> 
> If such a command is not available, is there an easy way to achieve this by other means. I tried this by changing the git commit and using "stg repair". That didn't work for me.
> 
> I would like to propose "stg remove" to be placed very high on stgit wish-list. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Aneesh

What do you mean by remove?

If you want to undo changes that are in the current patch you can do
something like:

  git checkout HEAD~1 filename
  stg refresh

If you want to retain the changes but move them to another patch:

   git reset HEAD filename
   stg refresh -i

I regularly use the first method, the second method I _think_ will work
but haven't tried it.

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