# Staging Individual Lines 3 messages from 2013-04-21 to 2013-04-22. Participants: ode, Felipe Contreras, Joshua Jensen. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/33564 ## ode, 2013-04-21 22:22 Subject: Staging Individual Lines Message-ID: <517466B9.8010607@blueyonder.co.uk> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/517466B9.8010607%40blueyonder.co.uk ``` Hi, I had a big commit I wanted to break up and was wondering if there is any way to stage individual lines from the command line. I am using git add -i but it couldn't split the hunks any smaller. I went looking on Google and found git-cola gui client which works for staging individual lines to the commit. But it's a bit clumsy to do this with the mouse and I was wondering if there is a way to do this without having manually editing the file and changing the diff numbers in git add -i when it can't break the hunks smaller. Why must we still manually edit the diff numbers when git-cola seems to be able to work out the changes automatically when adding single lines? Thanks for your help. ``` ## Felipe Contreras, 2013-04-21 23:52 Subject: Re: Staging Individual Lines Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAMP44s0Mj%2BinGX24%3D-RuV%2BoT5MZB%3D%3DHZZvu6_5uZrP68qdPoZw%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <517466B9.8010607@blueyonder.co.uk> ``` On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 5:22 PM, ode wrote: > Hi, > > I had a big commit I wanted to break up and was wondering if there is > any way to stage individual lines from the command line. > > I am using git add -i but it couldn't split the hunks any smaller. > > I went looking on Google and found git-cola gui client which works for > staging individual lines to the commit. > > But it's a bit clumsy to do this with the mouse and I was wondering if > there is a way to do this without having manually editing the file and > changing the diff numbers in git add -i when it can't break the hunks > smaller. > > Why must we still manually edit the diff numbers when git-cola seems to > be able to work out the changes automatically when adding single lines? There is an 'edit' option. 'git add -p' might be faster. Cheers. -- Felipe Contreras ``` ## Joshua Jensen, 2013-04-22 14:35 Subject: Re: Staging Individual Lines Message-ID: <51754A96.8050508@workspacewhiz.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/51754A96.8050508%40workspacewhiz.com In-Reply-To: <517466B9.8010607@blueyonder.co.uk> ``` ----- Original Message ----- From: ode Date: 4/21/2013 4:22 PM > I went looking on Google and found git-cola gui client which works for > staging individual lines to the commit. The 'git gui' that ships with Git also stages individual lines and groups of lines, FWIW. -Josh ```