[PATCH 1/2] Add / command in add --patch (feature request)

[William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com>]

This sequence of 2 patches adds a '/' command to
add --patch that allows the user to search for
a hunk that matches a regex, and deals with j,k slightly
more gracefully.  (Rather than printing the
help menu if k is invalid, it will print
a relevant error message.)

This is naive, and it is easy for an invalid
search string to cause a perl error.

I think it could be useful functionality to make
robust.

(Please CC me in any response)

---
  git-add--interactive.perl |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
  1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-add--interactive.perl b/git-add--interactive.perl
index b0223c3..7ad4ee0 100755
--- a/git-add--interactive.perl
+++ b/git-add--interactive.perl
@@ -876,12 +876,14 @@ sub patch_update_file {

  	$num = scalar @hunk;
  	$ix = 0;
+	my $search_s; # User entered string to match a hunk.

  	while (1) {
  		my ($prev, $next, $other, $undecided, $i);
  		$other = '';

  		if ($num <= $ix) {
+			$search_s = 0;
  			$ix = 0;
  		}
  		for ($i = 0; $i < $ix; $i++) {
@@ -916,11 +918,24 @@ sub patch_update_file {
  			$other .= '/s';
  		}
  		$other .= '/e';
-		for (@{$hunk[$ix]{DISPLAY}}) {
-			print;
+
+		my $line;
+		if( $search_s ) {
+			my $text = join( "", @{$hunk[$ix]{DISPLAY}} );
+			if( $text !~ $search_s ) {
+				$line = "n\n";
+			} else {
+				print $text;
+			}
+		} else {
+			for (@{$hunk[$ix]{DISPLAY}}) {
+				print;
+			}
+		}
+		if (!$line) {
+			print colored $prompt_color, "Stage this hunk [y/n/a/d///$other/?]? ";
+			$line = <STDIN>;
  		}
-		print colored $prompt_color, "Stage this hunk [y/n/a/d$other/?]? ";
-		my $line = <STDIN>;
  		if ($line) {
  			if ($line =~ /^y/i) {
  				$hunk[$ix]{USE} = 1;
@@ -946,6 +961,9 @@ sub patch_update_file {
  				}
  				next;
  			}
+			elsif ($line =~ m|^/(.*)|) {
+				$search_s = $1;
+			}
  			elsif ($other =~ /K/ && $line =~ /^K/) {
  				$ix--;
  				next;
-- 
1.6.0.4.781.gf2070.dirty


-- 
William Pursell