Nazri Ramliy <ayiehere@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Oftentimes I get tired of moving my hand away from the comfort of the home rows
> of my keybard in order to grab the mouse to highlight the files that I'd like
> to operate on.
Usually, when you cut-and-paste from $(git status), it's to run a
staging/unstaging command, or to view a diff.
Actually, "git add -i" is already a pretty good way of doing this,
with few keystrokes.
> Example:
>
> $ git status --id
> # On branch local
> # Changed but not updated:
> # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
> # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
> #
> # modified: builtin-write-tree.c (m1)
> #
> # Untracked files:
> # (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
> #
> # file1.c (x1)
> # file2.c (x2)
$ git add -i
staged unstaged path
1: unchanged +1/-0 builtin-write-tree.c
*** Commands ***
1: [s]tatus 2: [u]pdate 3: [r]evert 4: [a]dd untracked
5: [p]atch 6: [d]iff 7: [q]uit 8: [h]elp
> Now we can do the following:
>
> $ git add --id m1
What now> u
staged unstaged path
1: unchanged +1/-0 [b]uiltin-write-tree.c
Update>> 1
staged unstaged path
* 1: unchanged +1/-0 [b]uiltin-write-tree.c
Update>>
updated one path
*** Commands ***
1: [s]tatus 2: [u]pdate 3: [r]evert 4: [a]dd untracked
5: [p]atch 6: [d]iff 7: [q]uit 8: [h]elp
> Ids are specified via the --id command line option, and can be separated with
> commas if you want to specify more than one of them:
>
> $ git add --id m1,x2
What now> a
1: file1.c
2: file2.c
Add untracked>> 1
* 1: file1.c
2: file2.c
Add untracked>> 2
* 1: file1.c
* 2: file2.c
Add untracked>>
added 2 paths
for these examples, I have far fewer keystrokes with "git add -i" than
you have. I don't think it's worth adding yet-another-option to most
Git commands since it doesn't really bring much IMHO.
--
Matthieu
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