Re: "git add -p" versus "git add -i", followed by "p"

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>]

On Sun, 2 Dec 2018, Kevin Daudt wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 02, 2018 at 11:30:19AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> >   testing adding by patch for the very first time (i've just never
> > needed this), and reading the "progit" book and reading the man page,
> > and the impression i'm getting is that running "git add -p" (going
> > straight to patch mode) is supposed to be equivalent to running "git
> > add -i", then typing "p" to switch to patch mode.
> >
> >   that is most emphatically not what i'm seeing. if i run "git add
> > -p", then i get to what i expect -- the patch subsystem:
> >
> >   $ git add -p
> >   diff --git a/README.asc b/README.asc
> >   index fa40bad..840e85b 100644
> >   --- a/README.asc
> >   +++ b/README.asc
> >   @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
> >   +change 1
> >   +
> >   +
> >   +
> >   +
> >   +
> >    = Pro Git, Second Edition
> >
> >    Welcome to the second edition of the Pro Git book.
> >   Stage this hunk [y,n,q,a,d,j,J,g,/,e,?]?
> >
> > but if i start with "git add -i", there seems to be no way to get
> > to patch mode -- certainly "p" doesn't do it. am i stupidly
> > missing something trivial? is the explanation misleading or
> > inncomplete?
>
> After selecting 'p', what do you get?
>
> You should see a list of modified files. You can select the files
> you want to stage by the listed numbers. After you selected those
> files, you press enter, and then you will get the options you'll
> also see with git add -p.

$ git add -i
           staged     unstaged path
  1:    unchanged       +12/-0 README.asc

*** 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> p
           staged     unstaged path
  1:    unchanged       +12/-0 [R]EADME.asc
Patch update>> 1
           staged     unstaged path
* 1:    unchanged       +12/-0 [R]EADME.asc
Patch update>> 1
           staged     unstaged path
* 1:    unchanged       +12/-0 [R]EADME.asc
Patch update>>

  and ... then what?

rday

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