Hi, When doing git add -p, the default of 3 context lines is used, ignoring the diff.context. git add -p is using git-diff-files, and diff.context is being read in git_diff_ui_config, so the comment above that function applies: /* * These are to give UI layer defaults. * The core-level commands such as git-diff-files should * never be affected by the setting of diff.renames * the user happens to have in the configuration file. */ I guess the question is whether it's diff-files or add -p that should honor diff.context. Or should it have its own separate config? Mike -- 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