Re: splitting a commit that adds new files

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

[1] I _do_ use "reset -p" when splitting commits, but I do not think it
    is useful here. I use it for "oops, I staged this change, but it
    actually belongs in the next commit. Undo my staging, but leave the
    changes in the working tree for the next one".

Sure.  I thought that was exactly what Duy was attempting to do when
he splitted a commit into two (or more).