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> Magit has great support for staging parts of lines This is news to me. > select the section you want to stage and press 's'. It stages line-wise for me. Ho

by amake 5y ago

> Magit has great support for staging parts of lines This is news to me. > select the section you want to stage and press 's'. It stages line-wise for me. How do I get it to stage less than an entire line?

PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
The second line you quoted tells you how.
- gpderetta 5y ago
  When selecting only part of line, 's' will still stage the full line for me.
  - jolmg 5y ago
    Indeed. cd $(mktemp -d) git init echo bar > file.txt git add file.txt git commit -m "init" echo foo_bar_baz > file.txt # select only "foo_" in magit-status and press "s" git diff --cached will show diff --git a/file.txt b/file.txt index 5716ca5..2fd000c 100644 --- a/file.txt +++ b/file.txt @@ -1 +1,2 @@ bar +foo_bar_baz rather than the desired diff --git a/file.txt b/file.txt index 5716ca5..2fd000c 100644 --- a/file.txt +++ b/file.txt @@ -1 +1,2 @@ -bar +foo_bar I can't really imagine this feature working that well with just selection. Editing of the diff seems required. I just updated magit, too. It seems to have been published 3 days ago.
    - NateEag 5y ago
      ..huh. I just tested this in my Emacs instance and it works as you describe. I could swear I remember this working in the past, but I can find no hint of it in a few quick searches, so I'm likely mistaken. I'm sorry for the misinformation. Thanks for saying something.
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- amake 5y ago
  It does not. As I said, pressing s does not stage less than a line for me, even if my region is a subset of the line.
fouric 5y ago
When your press 's', you should have a region selected, in order to stage that region - if your cursor is just sitting on a line without selecting part of it, you'll (probably) just get the whole line staged.
- amake 5y ago
  When I press s, the entire line is staged even if my region is a subset of that line.
NateEag 5y ago
...huh. I just tested this in my Emacs instance and it works as you describe. I could swear I remember this working in the past, but I can find no hint of it in a few quick searches, so I'm likely mistaken. I'm sorry for the misinformation.Thanks for saying something.

by amake 5y ago

PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago

The second line you quoted tells you how.

gpderetta 5y ago
When selecting only part of line, 's' will still stage the full line for me.
- jolmg 5y ago
  Indeed. cd $(mktemp -d) git init echo bar > file.txt git add file.txt git commit -m "init" echo foo_bar_baz > file.txt # select only "foo_" in magit-status and press "s" git diff --cached will show diff --git a/file.txt b/file.txt index 5716ca5..2fd000c 100644 --- a/file.txt +++ b/file.txt @@ -1 +1,2 @@ bar +foo_bar_baz rather than the desired diff --git a/file.txt b/file.txt index 5716ca5..2fd000c 100644 --- a/file.txt +++ b/file.txt @@ -1 +1,2 @@ -bar +foo_bar I can't really imagine this feature working that well with just selection. Editing of the diff seems required. I just updated magit, too. It seems to have been published 3 days ago.
  - NateEag 5y ago
    ..huh. I just tested this in my Emacs instance and it works as you describe. I could swear I remember this working in the past, but I can find no hint of it in a few quick searches, so I'm likely mistaken. I'm sorry for the misinformation. Thanks for saying something.
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amake 5y ago
It does not. As I said, pressing s does not stage less than a line for me, even if my region is a subset of the line.

fouric 5y ago

When your press 's', you should have a region selected, in order to stage that region - if your cursor is just sitting on a line without selecting part of it, you'll (probably) just get the whole line staged.

amake 5y ago
When I press s, the entire line is staged even if my region is a subset of that line.

NateEag 5y ago

...huh. I just tested this in my Emacs instance and it works as you describe. I could swear I remember this working in the past, but I can find no hint of it in a few quick searches, so I'm likely mistaken. I'm sorry for the misinformation.Thanks for saying something.