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 ma

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.