Committing selected changes in files, not all the changes, with git add -p

Submitted by Benjamin Melançon on October 22, 2010 - 11:56am

For committing just some changes in a file, use

git add -p

y to apply the hunk presented, n for not that hunk, and s to split the hunk smaller – and e to edit manually

It is all explained in the Interactive Mode portion of the git add manpage:

Searched words:

"git add -p" git add --patch git documentation git-add manual page

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