Hi,
On Mon, 23 Sep 2019, Kunal Tyagi via GitGitGadget wrote:
> Hi git contributors!
>
> I'm Kunal Tyagi. While I was choosing the relevant patches for a commit
> using the git add -p command, I found that there was no feedback regarding
> how many hunks from the current file had been processed and how many were
> left. So I decided to add a small change to the prompt which basically just
> displays (${current-hunk-id} + 1/${total-hunks}) before displaying the
> prompt during user interaction. This patch doesn't account for all total
> hunks, only per file.
I like this idea!
> I don't know perl so even this one liner might have mistakes. I did test
> this locally and hope this works for others. Personally, this change feels
> helpful to me when I have to separate a long list of changes after an
> erroneous commit.
>
> On the #git-devel freenode channel, I was informed that @dscho is rewriting
> git-add in C. If so, perhaps a similar change could be added in the rewrite.
> I haven't seen his patches in detail so I can't comment if it'll be as
> trivial as in perl.
I bet it will be trivial to implement it in C. Don't let this stop you,
your change should go in before built-in add -i.
Thanks,
Johannes
>
> Regards Kunal Tyagi
>
> Kunal Tyagi (1):
> git-add--interactive.perl: Add progress counter in the prompt
>
> git-add--interactive.perl | 2 +-
> t/t3701-add-interactive.sh | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: 4c86140027f4a0d2caaa3ab4bd8bfc5ce3c11c8a
> Published-As:
> https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-349%2Fkunaltyagi%2Fmaster-v1
> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git
> pr-349/kunaltyagi/master-v1
> Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/349
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