Add support for -p/--patch to git-commit

The --interactive flag is already shared by git add and git commit,
share the -p and --patch flags too.

Signed-off-by: Conrad Irwin <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: ConradIrwin

Documentation/git-commit.txt

@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ git-commit - Record changes to the repository
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run]
-	   [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>]
-	   [--reset-author] [--allow-empty] [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify]
-	   [-e] [--author=<author>] [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>]
-	   [--status | --no-status] [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...]
+'git commit' [-a | --interactive | --patch] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend]
+	   [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>]
+	   [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty]
+	   [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
+	   [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status]
+	   [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -39,10 +40,10 @@ The content to be added can be specified in several ways:
    that have been removed from the working tree, and then perform the
    actual commit;
 
-5. by using the --interactive switch with the 'commit' command to decide one
-   by one which files should be part of the commit, before finalizing the
-   operation.  Currently, this is done by invoking 'git add --interactive'
-   on a temporary index.
+5. by using the --interactive or --patch switches with the 'commit' command
+   to decide one by one which files or hunks should be part of the commit,
+   before finalizing the operation. See the ``Interactive Mode`` section of
+   linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate these modes.
 
 The `--dry-run` option can be used to obtain a
 summary of what is included by any of the above for the next
@@ -60,6 +61,12 @@ OPTIONS
 	been modified and deleted, but new files you have not
 	told git about are not affected.
 
+-p::
+--patch::
+	Use the interactive patch selection interface to chose
+	which changes to commit. See linkgit:git-add[1] for
+	details.
+
 -C <commit>::
 --reuse-message=<commit>::
 	Take an existing commit object, and reuse the log message

builtin/add.c

@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ int run_add_interactive(const char *revision, const char *patch_mode,
 	return status;
 }
 
-int interactive_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+int interactive_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, int patch)
 {
 	const char **pathspec = NULL;
 
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ int interactive_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	return run_add_interactive(NULL,
-				   patch_interactive ? "--patch" : NULL,
+				   patch ? "--patch" : NULL,
 				   pathspec);
 }
 
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (patch_interactive)
 		add_interactive = 1;
 	if (add_interactive)
-		exit(interactive_add(argc - 1, argv + 1, prefix));
+		exit(interactive_add(argc - 1, argv + 1, prefix, patch_interactive));
 
 	if (edit_interactive)
 		return(edit_patch(argc, argv, prefix));

builtin/commit.c

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static const char *template_file;
 static const char *author_message, *author_message_buffer;
 static char *edit_message, *use_message;
 static char *fixup_message, *squash_message;
-static int all, edit_flag, also, interactive, only, amend, signoff;
+static int all, edit_flag, also, interactive, patch_interactive, only, amend, signoff;
 static int quiet, verbose, no_verify, allow_empty, dry_run, renew_authorship;
 static int no_post_rewrite, allow_empty_message;
 static char *untracked_files_arg, *force_date, *ignore_submodule_arg;
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ static struct option builtin_commit_options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all", &all, "commit all changed files"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "include", &also, "add specified files to index for commit"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "interactive", &interactive, "interactively add files"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "patch", &patch_interactive, "interactively add changes"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('o', "only", &only, "commit only specified files"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-verify", &no_verify, "bypass pre-commit hook"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "dry-run", &dry_run, "show what would be committed"),
@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@ static char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, int
 		old_index_env = getenv(INDEX_ENVIRONMENT);
 		setenv(INDEX_ENVIRONMENT, index_lock.filename, 1);
 
-		if (interactive_add(argc, argv, prefix) != 0)
+		if (interactive_add(argc, argv, prefix, patch_interactive) != 0)
 			die(_("interactive add failed"));
 
 		if (old_index_env && *old_index_env)
@@ -1061,8 +1062,11 @@ static int parse_and_validate_options(int argc, const char *argv[],
 		author_message_buffer = read_commit_message(author_message);
 	}
 
+	if (patch_interactive)
+		interactive = 1;
+
 	if (!!also + !!only + !!all + !!interactive > 1)
-		die(_("Only one of --include/--only/--all/--interactive can be used."));
+		die(_("Only one of --include/--only/--all/--interactive/--patch can be used."));
 	if (argc == 0 && (also || (only && !amend)))
 		die(_("No paths with --include/--only does not make sense."));
 	if (argc == 0 && only && amend)

commit.h

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ extern struct commit_list *get_shallow_commits(struct object_array *heads,
 int is_descendant_of(struct commit *, struct commit_list *);
 int in_merge_bases(struct commit *, struct commit **, int);
 
-extern int interactive_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+extern int interactive_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, int patch);
 extern int run_add_interactive(const char *revision, const char *patch_mode,
 			       const char **pathspec);