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From: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp•fr>
To: Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail•com>
Cc: Git <git@vger•kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Can we make interactive add easier to use?
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:46:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <vpqfunz2gc9.fsf@anie.imag.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHd499AnuVximRgM0MKdq5JC-hwkrhox6bK_KA+XGrawoz2W+g@mail.gmail.com> (Robert Dailey's message of "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 08:20:40 -0500")

Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail•com> writes:

> Normally when I use interactive add, I just want to add files to the
> index via simple numbers, instead of typing paths. So I'll do this as
> quick as I can:
>
> 1. Type `git add -i`
> 2. Press `u` after prompt appears
> 3. Press numbers for the files I want to add, ENTER key
> 4. ENTER key again to go back to main add -i menu
> 5. Press `q` to exit interactive add
> 6. Type `git commit`
>
> This feels very tedious. Is there a simplified workflow for this?

My workflow is to ... not use "git add -i" ;-).

To add patch hunks individually, "git add -p" jumps directly to the
"patch" inner loop of "git add -i".

To add whole individual files, a plain "git add" using zsh's smart
completion (autocompletes only files for which "git add" is not a
no-op), or globs.

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/

  reply	other threads:[~2016-10-14 13:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-14 13:20 Can we make interactive add easier to use? Robert Dailey
2016-10-14 13:46 ` Matthieu Moy [this message]
2016-10-14 19:12 ` Jeff King

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