Question

I have a file that I’ve been working on and then realized that I had a mistake in it a few lines above where I’ve been working. I quickly fixed the mistake and want to commit it before I commit the rest of my work. Great, this is where git add –patch comes in!

Except, I’m being presented with only one hunk incorporating both changes. Is it possible to manually tell git that I want two hunks?

Answer 1

In addition to ‘y’ and ‘n’, one of the answers you can give when it asks you about a hunk is ‘s’, for ‘split this hunk in to smaller hunks’. The full list:

y - stage this hunk
n - do not stage this hunk
q - quit, do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining ones
a - stage this and all the remaining hunks in the file
d - do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining hunks in the file
g - select a hunk to go to
/ - search for a hunk matching the given regex
j - leave this hunk undecided, see next undecided hunk
J - leave this hunk undecided, see next hunk
k - leave this hunk undecided, see previous undecided hunk
K - leave this hunk undecided, see previous hunk
s - split the current hunk into smaller hunks
e - manually edit the current hunk
? - print help