Using '-p' to unleash git's hidden interactive mode for the command line.

1. -p
unleash git’s hidden interactive mode
Alison Rowland (@arowla), 18F Engineering Team Talks
2015/05/18

2. diffs everywhere!
$ git log
$ git log <filename>
$ git log -p
$ git log -p <filename>

3. how focused are your commits
?

4. Good git commit hygiene
● focused
● single feature/change
● log message says
○ “what”
○ “why”

5. For clean commits,
$ git add -p .

6. Secret Interactive Git Toolbox
Add to index:
$ git add -p .
Remove from index:
$ git reset -p HEAD
Remove from working tree:
$ git checkout -p .
Any of these can also be applied to specific files.

7. git’s undo button
$ git checkout -p .

8. cool stash trick
$ git add -p .
$ git stash --keep-index
QUESTIONS?
alison.rowland@gsa.gov
@arowla