I pretty much exclusively commit like that nowadays. I use commit-patch (http://porkrind.org/commit-patch http://porkrind.org/commit-patch) which is a pretty th

I pretty much exclusively commit like that nowadays. I use commit-patch (http://porkrind.org/commit-patch http://porkrind.org/commit-patch) which is a pretty thin layer around git but also has emacs integration so you can just diff, edit your hunks with emacs hunk editing tools and then commit the patch. I can't imagine using a VC without the capability any more...