Question

I’m trying to use git add --interactive to selectively add some changes to my index, but I continually receive the “Your edited hunk does not apply. Edit again…” message. I get this message even if I choose the e option, and immediately save/close my editor. In other words, without editing the hunk at all, the patch doesn’t apply.

Here’s the exact example I’m using (I’m trying to put together a small demo):

Original file:

first change
second change off branch
third change off branch
second change
third change
fourth change

New file:

Change supporting feature 1
first change
second change off branch
third change off branch
second change
third change
fourth change
bug fix 1
change supporting feature 1

I’m trying to show how to use git add --interactive to only add the “bug fix 1” line to the index. Running interactive add on the file, I choose the patch mode. It presents me with

diff --git a/newfile b/newfile
index 6d501a3..8b81ae9 100644
--- a/newfile
+++ b/newfile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+Change supporting feature 1
 first change
 second change off branch
 third change off branch
 second change
 third change
 fourth change
+bug fix 1
+change supporting feature 1

I respond with split, followed by “no” to apply the first hunk. The second hunk, I try to edit. I originally tried deleting the bottom line – that didn’t work. Leaving the hunk alone completely doesn’t work either, and I can’t figure out why.

Answer 1

For this particular example, you need to tweak the line numbers in the hunk. Change the line:

@@ -1,6 +2,8 @@

so that it instead reads:

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@