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authorCiaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com>2008-07-14 19:29:37 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-07-15 07:37:00 -0700
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Make git-add -i accept ranges like 7-
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 <ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -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: