# No edit option when "git add --patch" a new file 2 messages from 2020-09-08 to 2020-09-09. Participants: Yuchen Ying, Phillip Wood. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/54208 ## Yuchen Ying, 2020-09-08 16:16 Subject: No edit option when "git add --patch" a new file Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAF6j4hcSEhNvS-DYgNLNn3TdH1vkhgHZRC0fqWer_XM0PQxgYA%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi list, I was attempting to "add --patch" a newly created file but the "edit" option is not provided. Steps to reproduce this problem: $ echo "test\ntest" > test $ git add -N test $ git add -p test Expected: e is an option Got: $ git add -p diff --git a/terraform/test b/terraform/test index 0000000..992533b --- /dev/null +++ b/terraform/test new file mode 100644 @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +asdf +asdf (1/1) Stage addition [y,n,q,a,d,?]? e Sorry, cannot edit this hunk ``` ## Phillip Wood, 2020-09-09 09:33 Subject: Re: No edit option when "git add --patch" a new file Message-ID: <4eb2c8ec-3ee3-5097-9cff-b650caf2c888@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4eb2c8ec-3ee3-5097-9cff-b650caf2c888%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On 08/09/2020 17:16, Yuchen Ying wrote: > Hi list, > > I was attempting to "add --patch" a newly created file but the "edit" > option is not provided. > > Steps to reproduce this problem: > > $ echo "test\ntest" > test > $ git add -N test > $ git add -p test > > Expected: e is an option > Got: > > $ git add -p > diff --git a/terraform/test b/terraform/test > index 0000000..992533b > --- /dev/null > +++ b/terraform/test > new file mode 100644 > @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ > +asdf > +asdf > (1/1) Stage addition [y,n,q,a,d,?]? e > Sorry, cannot edit this hunk Thanks for taking the time to report this issue. I'm currently working on a fix which I hope to post later today as the issue was previously reported at https://public-inbox.org/git/CAB+jsAW_+NTJjDLG9uMrf4cc5rcwHLD5kTLk7QgvFCgryb22Gw@mail.gmail.com/ I'll Cc you on the patch Best Wishes Phillip ```