Re: git-walkthrough-add script

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

William Morgan <wmorgan-git@masanjin.net> writes:

> Excerpts from Jeff King's message of Fri Jan 04 13:07:51 -0800 2008:
>> But if you have interface improvement suggestions for "git-add -i" or
>> "git-add -p", I'm sure they would be well-received (post-1.5.4
>> release, of course).
>
> Not to show off my git newbness any more than necessary, but when I run
> both git-add -i and git-add -p, I see exactly the same output and
> interface. Are they meant to be different?

They are meant to be different.

    $ git reset --hard
    $ echo >>Makefile
    $ echo >>psql/Makefile
    $ git add -p
    diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
    index a2177bc..eb250b0 100644
    --- a/Makefile
    +++ b/Makefile
    @@ -54,3 +54,4 @@ snapdiff ::
            latest=`ls -1dr $(_snap)/release-????-??-?? | head -n 1` &&
            \
            diff -X dontdiff -ru "$$latest" .

    +
    Stage this hunk [y/n/a/d/?]? ^C

    $ git add -i
               staged     unstaged path
      1:    unchanged        +1/-0 Makefile
      2:    unchanged        +1/-0 psql/Makefile

    *** Commands ***
      1: [s]tatus     2: [u]pdate     3: [r]evert     4: [a]dd
      untracked
      5: [p]atch      6: [d]iff       7: [q]uit       8: [h]elp
    What now> ^C

There may be something broken with your git installation.