From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D70CC433EF for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:05:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S237291AbiDNFHW (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Apr 2022 01:07:22 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45836 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229447AbiDNFHV (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Apr 2022 01:07:21 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com (pb-smtp1.pobox.com [64.147.108.70]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 729D01E3EF for ; Wed, 13 Apr 2022 22:04:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E3BC12F9A0; Thu, 14 Apr 2022 01:04:56 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=wiMh8Zo6JQmg86rH7qJF1HFM6bRg4Im8YAGan/ Y8MK4=; b=g2lOR0sUILpnVAEBjk553ugATvT0DlrMzyrHDGD2jDx0C6obXr0Fkm /XQsNIGhnNzMeNSaWCS+GT7yzsxIj6VGOcF7M19DnSw7gXLcm/DeQdOmhJ3BDbsZ 9Csmw9j3+k3e03OB+o+Rs0hSuOx/2F/KbWKXjX+1k/HnTDmkDpPiY= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76B5212F99F; Thu, 14 Apr 2022 01:04:56 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [35.185.214.157]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DF98712F99E; Thu, 14 Apr 2022 01:04:55 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: demerphq Cc: Git , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: Thanks for git and especially thanks for git add --interactive References: Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 22:04:54 -0700 In-Reply-To: (demerphq@gmail.com's message of "Thu, 14 Apr 2022 06:46:47 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 6D053B7A-BBB0-11EC-9B67-5E84C8D8090B-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org demerphq writes: > I don't know who to thank directly, and I guess it is a community > effort anyway, but I just wanted to thank everyone involved in making > ... I have seen people describe it as an > "advanced" feature, and maybe it is, but I think it is one of the > *killer* features of git that has impacted the quality of commits > across the industry. > ... > So thanks to everybody on this list, Linus, Junio, and everybody > involved with making git such an awesome tool, but *especial* thanks > to whomever it was that dreamed up the interactive commit modes and > everyone else who worked to make it such a fantastic tool. It has > literally changed my life. You're welcome ;-) If you limit your search of origin to the Git land, I am reasonably sure that I am to blame for "add -i", but I'd freely admit that I stole it from darcs. They may or may not have borrowed from somewhere else, but at this point I do not really care where it came from ;-)