On Sun, 2 Dec 2018, Kevin Daudt wrote: > On Sun, Dec 02, 2018 at 11:30:19AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > testing adding by patch for the very first time (i've just never > > needed this), and reading the "progit" book and reading the man page, > > and the impression i'm getting is that running "git add -p" (going > > straight to patch mode) is supposed to be equivalent to running "git > > add -i", then typing "p" to switch to patch mode. > > > > that is most emphatically not what i'm seeing. if i run "git add > > -p", then i get to what i expect -- the patch subsystem: > > > > $ git add -p > > diff --git a/README.asc b/README.asc > > index fa40bad..840e85b 100644 > > --- a/README.asc > > +++ b/README.asc > > @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ > > +change 1 > > + > > + > > + > > + > > + > > = Pro Git, Second Edition > > > > Welcome to the second edition of the Pro Git book. > > Stage this hunk [y,n,q,a,d,j,J,g,/,e,?]? > > > > but if i start with "git add -i", there seems to be no way to get > > to patch mode -- certainly "p" doesn't do it. am i stupidly > > missing something trivial? is the explanation misleading or > > inncomplete? > > After selecting 'p', what do you get? > > You should see a list of modified files. You can select the files > you want to stage by the listed numbers. After you selected those > files, you press enter, and then you will get the options you'll > also see with git add -p. $ git add -i staged unstaged path 1: unchanged +12/-0 README.asc *** 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 What now> p staged unstaged path 1: unchanged +12/-0 [R]EADME.asc Patch update>> 1 staged unstaged path * 1: unchanged +12/-0 [R]EADME.asc Patch update>> 1 staged unstaged path * 1: unchanged +12/-0 [R]EADME.asc Patch update>> and ... then what? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca/dokuwiki Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================