From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 09:30:55 +0000 (-0800) Subject: git-add --interactive: add documentation X-Git-Tag: v1.5.0-rc0~12^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6a5ad23de6aa95b35d90d631062e5a353e59d3f2;p=git.git git-add --interactive: add documentation Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index d86c0e7f1..8710b3a75 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-add - Add file contents to the changeset to be committed next SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-add' [-n] [-v] [--] ... +'git-add' [-n] [-v] [--interactive] [--] ... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ OPTIONS -v:: Be verbose. +\--interactive:: + Add modified contents in the working tree interactively to + the index. + \--:: This option can be used to separate command-line options from the list of files, (useful when filenames might be mistaken @@ -67,6 +71,119 @@ git-add git-*.sh:: (i.e. you are listing the files explicitly), it does not consider `subdir/git-foo.sh`. +Interactive mode +---------------- +When the command enters the interactive mode, it shows the +output of the 'status' subcommand, and then goes into ints +interactive command loop. + +The command loop shows the list of subcommands available, and +gives a prompt "What now> ". In general, when the prompt ends +with a single '>', you can pick only one of the choices given +and type return, like this: + +------------ + *** Commands *** + 1: status 2: update 3: revert 4: add untracked + 5: patch 6: diff 7: quit 8: help + What now> 1 +------------ + +You also could say "s" or "sta" or "status" above as long as the +choice is unique. + +The main command loop has 6 subcommands (plus help and quit). + +status:: + + This shows the change between HEAD and index (i.e. what will be + committed if you say "git commit"), and between index and + working tree files (i.e. what you could stage further before + "git commit" using "git-add") for each path. A sample output + looks like this: ++ +------------ + staged unstaged path + 1: binary nothing foo.png + 2: +403/-35 +1/-1 git-add--interactive.perl +------------ ++ +It shows that foo.png has differences from HEAD (but that is +binary so line count cannot be shown) and there is no +difference between indexed copy and the working tree +version (if the working tree version were also different, +'binary' would have been shown in place of 'nothing'). The +other file, git-add--interactive.perl, has 403 lines added +and 35 lines deleted if you commit what is in the index, but +working tree file has further modifications (one addition and +one deletion). + +update:: + + This shows the status information and gives prompt + "Update>>". When the prompt ends with double '>>', you can + make more than one selection, concatenated with whitespace or + comma. Also you can say ranges. E.g. "2-5 7,9" to choose + 2,3,4,5,7,9 from the list. You can say '*' to choose + everything. ++ +What you chose are then highlighted with '*', +like this: ++ +------------ + staged unstaged path + 1: binary nothing foo.png +* 2: +403/-35 +1/-1 git-add--interactive.perl +------------ ++ +To remove selection, prefix the input with `-` +like this: ++ +------------ +Update>> -2 +------------ ++ +After making the selection, answer with an empty line to stage the +contents of working tree files for selected paths in the index. + +revert:: + + This has a very similar UI to 'update', and the staged + information for selected paths are reverted to that of the + HEAD version. Reverting new paths makes them untracked. + +add untracked:: + + This has a very similar UI to 'update' and + 'revert', and lets you add untracked paths to the index. + +patch:: + + This lets you choose one path out of 'status' like selection. + After choosing the path, it presents diff between the index + and the working tree file and asks you if you want to stage + the change of each hunk. You can say: + + y - add the change from that hunk to index + n - do not add the change from that hunk to index + a - add the change from that hunk and all the rest to index + d - do not the change from that hunk nor any of the rest to index + j - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the next + undecided hunk + J - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the next hunk + k - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the previous + undecided hunk + K - do not decide on this hunk now, and view the previous hunk ++ +After deciding the fate for all hunks, if there is any hunk +that was chosen, the index is updated with the selected hunks. + +diff:: + + This lets you review what will be committed (i.e. between + HEAD and index). + + See Also -------- gitlink:git-status[1] diff --git a/builtin-add.c b/builtin-add.c index aa2f0f32a..9443bae53 100644 --- a/builtin-add.c +++ b/builtin-add.c @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ #include "cache-tree.h" static const char builtin_add_usage[] = -"git-add [-n] [-v] ..."; +"git-add [-n] [-v] [--interactive] [--] ..."; static void prune_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, const char **pathspec, int prefix) {