Rémi VanicatFrederik Beaujean <beaujean-rVlqnlWY17WELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org> writes:
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> On 13-01-11 01:47 AM, Samuel Wales wrote: >> I have more on this, but if possible it would be best to make ediff do >> that natively. I don't know if that's possible. > Thanks for your prompt replies. The reason I looked for this feature > is that it is available in the package git-emacs. There I can choose > Git - > Add to index - Select changes in current file. Then ediff starts, and > I can modify the buffer named <index>:FILENAME at will. > After I answer 'y' to 'Quit this Ediff session?', another question comes up > 'Add changes to the git index? (y or n)'. With 'y' I see the message > Saving file /tmp/git-emacs-tmp6991oXZ...' > > So I guess all it takes is saving a temporary file and adding its > content to the index. Given my lack of experience in lisp programming, > I don't know how hard it actually is to implement in magit, > though. But a quick look into the source code of git-emacs revealed > this function >
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> I would be very happy if this became available in magit.
Could you test what has just been pushed in master, it should do it.
-- Rémi Vanicat