Oh, to be clear, I’m a huge fan of git add -p. I also use TortoiseHG’s equivalent feature. What I don’t like is that git’s index is called an index (what does

Oh, to be clear, I’m a huge fan of git add -p. I also use TortoiseHG’s equivalent feature. What I don’t like is that git’s index is called an index (what does “index” have to do with its usecases?) and that the index is live even when you don’t want it. It should be opt-in, not opt-out.