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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff•net>
Cc: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx•net>, Ariel <asgit@dsgml•com>,
	git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: git add -p with new file
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 11:12:36 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqpokv3aor.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161213185653.ys3ig377zhmblncl@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:56:53 -0500")

Jeff King <peff@peff•net> writes:

>> Perhaps the latter is not advertised well enough?  "add -p" does not
>> even page so it is not very useful way to check what is being added
>> if you are adding a new file (unless you are doing a toy example to
>> add a 7-line file).
>
> I use "add -p" routinely for my final add-and-sanity-check,...
> ... To me they are all tools in the toolbox, and I can pick the one that
> works best in any given situation, or that I just feel like using that
> day.

Oh, there is no question about that.  I was just pointing out that
"add -p" is not the "one that works best" when dealing with a path
that is not yet even in the index.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-12-13 19:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-12-07  1:18 git add -p with new file Ariel
2016-12-07  9:22 ` Duy Nguyen
2016-12-09 18:26   ` Ariel
2016-12-12 20:24     ` Stephan Beyer
2016-12-09 14:11 ` Jeff King
2016-12-09 18:43   ` Ariel
2016-12-10  8:55     ` Jeff King
2016-12-10 22:04       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-11 13:00         ` Jeff King
2016-12-12 20:31           ` Stephan Beyer
2016-12-13 17:33             ` Jeff King
2016-12-13 18:48               ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-13 18:56                 ` Jeff King
2016-12-13 19:12                   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-12-13 19:21 ` git add -p with unmerged files (was: git add -p with new file) Stephan Beyer
2016-12-13 19:49   ` Jeff King
2016-12-13 19:59   ` git add -p with unmerged files Junio C Hamano

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