Re: An alternate model for preparing partial commits

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008, Robert Anderson wrote:

> Seems to me the concept of the "index" is a half-baked version of what
> I really want, which is the ability to factor a working tree's changes
> into its constituent parts in preparation for committing them.

Half-baked is probably too strong a word.

What you are basically asking for is to have the working directory 
as staging area, and to be able to stash away changes that are not to be 
committed.

Now, this is not necessarily what everybody wants, which is why many 
people are fine with the index.

Having said that, I played with the idea of a "git stash -i", which would 
allow you to select the changes to stash away.  (And by extension, "git 
stash -e" using the "git add -e" command.)

Hmm?

Ciao,
Dscho