Re: A question about using 'add -p' to split the patch

[Ping Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 2:12 PM, David Aguilar<davvid@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:08:51AM +0800, Ping Yin wrote:
>> file bt.php in the HEAD:
>>
>> function bt_add($path) {
>>  return;
>> }
>>
>> file bt.php in the working directory:
>>
>> function bt_move($path, $pos) {
>>   return;
>> }
>> function bt_add($path, $pos) {
>>   bt_move($path, $pos)
>>   return;
>> }
>>
>> Now i want to split the change into two parts:
>> First introduce bt_move
>> Then add a param pos to bt_add and call bt_move
>>
>> With the 'e' action of 'add -p', i got
>>
>> -function bt_add($path) {
>> +function bt_move($path, $pos) {
>> +  return;
>> +}
>> +function bt_add($path, $pos) {
>> +  bt_move($path, $pos)
>>    return;
>>  }
>>
>> Then, i want to edit the patch to get
>>
>>
>> function bt_move($path, $pos) {
>>   return;
>> }
>> function bt_add($path) {
>>   return;
>> }
>>
>> However, whatever i do, the patch fails to apply. Any suggestion?
>
> Use git-gui or git-cola to select just bt_move() for addition.
> You can stage specific lines.

Doesn't the 'e' action of 'add -p' do the same job with git-gui?