On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 5:44 AM, Augie Fackler <r...@durin42.com> wrote: >> but git is still better at it: ``git add -p`` >> allows me to review and edit patches before commit while ``hg record`` >> commits immediately. > > FWIW, I totally *get* wanting a staging area. That said, other than the > staging area, record (aka commit --interactive) and git add -p are identical > functionality-wise. We also now ship (at least as of 3.5) a curses UI for > record, which is quite nice.
Looks like it's time I spun up my own hg, rather than using the 3.1.2 that ships with Debian. A better UI for interactive (partial) commits would go a long way toward filling the hole left by not having a staging area; though I'll still miss it, some, in the most complicated cases (where I use 'git gui' to stage and unstage bits, then check in 'gitk' that it looks right, continue until happy). Fortunately the complicated cases are rare, but when my non-technical mother or my technical-but-decades-out-of-date father needs help fixing up a repository problem, I make good use of git's staging power. Mentioning in the PEP that some of these things are available as of version X might help bridge the gap between one author's knowledge and a core dev's skills. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
