What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue) rm -rf .git cat << EOF > file Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. EOF git init . git add --intent-to-add file git add --patch file What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) To be able to edit the single hunk (`e` option) What happened instead? (Actual behavior) The `e` option isn't available (and providing it anyway errors with `Sorry, cannot edit this hunk`) Anything else you want to add: Output of version 2.28.0: diff --git a/file b/file index 0000000..85e73d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/file new file mode 100644 @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. (1/1) Stage addition [y,n,q,a,d,?]? Output of version 2.27.0: diff --git a/file b/file index e69de29..85e73d4 100644 --- a/file +++ b/file @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. (1/1) Stage this hunk [y,n,q,a,d,e,?]? Bisecting between the two tags reports this commit as the one introducing the change: [feea6946a5b746ff4ebf8ccdf959e303203a6011] diff-files: treat "i-t-a" files as "not-in-index" [System Info] git version: git version 2.28.0 cpu: x86_64 no commit associated with this build sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh uname: Darwin 17.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 17.7.0: Thu Jun 18 21:21:34 PDT 2020; root:xnu-4570.71.82.5~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 compiler info: clang: 10.0.0 (clang-1000.10.44.4) libc info: no libc information available $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/bash [Enabled Hooks] Regards, Tom Sullivan Head Developer Most Significant Bit Software e: tom@xxxxxxxxxxxx p: +61 407 890 821