[PATCH] Make git-add -i accept ranges like 7-
From: Ciaran McCreesh <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:44:56
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
git-add -i ranges expect number-number. But for the supremely lazy, typing in that second number when selecting "from patch 7 to the end" is wasted effort. So treat an empty second number in a range as "until the last item". Signed-off-by: Ciaran McCreesh <redacted> --- Documentation/git-add.txt | 5 +++-- git-add--interactive.perl | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 46dd56c..3558905 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt@@ -187,8 +187,9 @@ update:: "Update>>". When the prompt ends with double '>>', you can make more than one selection, concatenated with whitespace or comma. Also you can say ranges. E.g. "2-5 7,9" to choose - 2,3,4,5,7,9 from the list. You can say '*' to choose - everything. + 2,3,4,5,7,9 from the list. If the second number in a range is + omitted, all remaining patches are taken. E.g. "7-" to choose + 7,8,9 from the list. You can say '*' to choose everything. + What you chose are then highlighted with '*', like this:
diff --git a/git-add--interactive.perl b/git-add--interactive.perl
index 801d7c0..72a8858 100755
--- a/git-add--interactive.perl
+++ b/git-add--interactive.perl@@ -406,9 +406,9 @@ sub list_and_choose { if ($choice =~ s/^-//) { $choose = 0; } - # A range can be specified like 5-7 - if ($choice =~ /^(\d+)-(\d+)$/) { - ($bottom, $top) = ($1, $2); + # A range can be specified like 5-7 or 5-. + if ($choice =~ /^(\d*)-(\d*)$/) { + ($bottom, $top) = ($1, length($2) ? $2 : 1 + @stuff); } elsif ($choice =~ /^\d+$/) { $bottom = $top = $choice;
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1.5.6.2