Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > A config variable to set an option by default is good when the user > wants to set it and forget about it. In this case, you clearly can't > "forget about it", as running "git add" and "git add -p" correspond to > really different use-cases. That is the most sensible explanation I've heard so far; the configuration variable add.patch should not exist, period. -- 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