Just like `git add --edit` allows the user to edit the diff before it is
being applied to the index, this feature allows the user to edit the
diff *hunk*.
Naturally, it gets a bit more complicated here because the result has
to play well with the remaining hunks of the overall diff. Therefore,
we have to do a loop in which we let the user edit the hunk, then test
whether the result would work, and if not, drop the edits and let the
user decide whether to try editing the hunk again.
Note: in contrast to the Perl version, we use the same diff
"coalescing" (i.e. merging overlapping hunks into a single one) also for
the check after editing, and we introduce a new flag for that purpose
that asks the `reassemble_patch()` function to pretend that all hunks
were selected for use.
This allows us to continue to run `git apply` *without* the
`--allow-overlap` option (unlike the Perl version), and it also fixes
two known breakages in `t3701-add-interactive.sh` (which we cannot mark
as resolved so far because the Perl script version is still the default
and continues to have those breakages).
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public
License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses,
compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus
Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/
including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-<commandname>.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to
the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.
The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that
list the current status of various development topics to the mailing
list. The discussion following them give a good reference for
project status, development direction and remaining tasks.
The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very
first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker"
and the name as (depending on your mood):
random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not
actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a
mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the
dictionary of slang.
"global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually
works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
"goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks
