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Re:In a Git repository, where do your files live? by Vinnl on Friday September 15, 2023 @04:26AM (#37520096)
For those who do prefer the command line (you do you), what you want is

    git add --patch
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Re:In a Git repository, where do your files live? by globular-toast on Friday September 15, 2023 @04:40AM (#37520162)
That's not really a CLI, though, it's a really basic rudimentary text UI. Might as well spend the effort to learn it learning enough Emacs to use Magit. Can it even do line by line effectively? What about unstaging stuff you added accidentally? It's not a patch on Magit or even any semi-decent GUI.
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Re:In a Git repository, where do your files live? by Vinnl on Friday September 15, 2023 @08:58AM (#37522238)
Heh fair enough. For me, it comes with the advantages of the CLI that I care about (primarily: easily accessible with the keyboard, and launching without delay) without having to adopt a different editor.

I don't need line-by-line usually (but it can technically do it if needed), but undoing accidental adds is indeed a bit of a pain.

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