On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:30 AM, Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > With "git add -e [<files>]", Git will fire up an editor with the current > diff relative to the index (i.e. what you would get with "git diff > [<files>]"). > > Now you can edit the patch as much as you like, including adding/removing > lines, editing the text, whatever. Make sure, though, that the first > character of the hunk lines is still a space, a plus or a minus. > > After you closed the editor, Git will adjust the line counts of the hunks > if necessary, thanks to the --recount option of apply, and commit the > patch. Except if you deleted everything, in which case nothing happens > (for obvious reasons). > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > --- > > I actually promised myself not to resend this patch, but a > certain guy who has a hat now asked for it. > I am that guy :-). Thanks. Sometimes "add -e" is more useful than "add -p" since i can see the full context when editing the patch. However, sometimes the ability to edit the index directly is even more useful. For example, if it's a big change (or rewritten), it is hard to edit the patch instead of the index (in diff mode with the worktree file side by side). I even encounter a case that i can't beat the patch into a shape i want when using 'add -p' ( it will fail to apply) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html