git-add: introduce --edit (to edit the diff vs. the index)

With "git add -e [<files>]", Git will fire up an editor with the current
diff relative to the index (i.e. what you would get with "git diff
[<files>]").

Now you can edit the patch as much as you like, including adding/removing
lines, editing the text, whatever.  Make sure, though, that the first
character of the hunk lines is still a space, a plus or a minus.

After you closed the editor, Git will adjust the line counts of the hunks
if necessary, thanks to the --recount option of apply, and commit the
patch.  Except if you deleted everything, in which case nothing happens
(for obvious reasons).

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation/git-add.txt

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
-	  [--all | [--update | -u]] [--intent-to-add | -N]
+	  [--edit | -e] [--all | [--update | -u]] [--intent-to-add | -N]
 	  [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--] <filepattern>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ OPTIONS
 	bypassed and the 'patch' subcommand is invoked using each of
 	the specified filepatterns before exiting.
 
+-e, \--edit::
+	Open the diff vs. the index in an editor and let the user
+	edit it.  After the editor was closed, adjust the hunk headers
+	and apply the patch to the index.
++
+*NOTE*: Obviously, if you change anything else than the first character
+on lines beginning with a space or a minus, the patch will no longer
+apply.
+
 -u::
 --update::
 	Update only files that git already knows about, staging modified

builtin-add.c

@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@
 #include "cache-tree.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
+#include "diff.h"
+#include "revision.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_add_usage[] = {
 	"git add [options] [--] <filepattern>...",
 	NULL
 };
-static int patch_interactive, add_interactive;
+static int patch_interactive, add_interactive, edit_interactive;
 static int take_worktree_changes;
 
 static void fill_pathspec_matches(const char **pathspec, char *seen, int specs)
@@ -187,6 +189,51 @@ int interactive_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	return status;
 }
 
+int edit_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	char *file = xstrdup(git_path("ADD_EDIT.patch"));
+	const char *apply_argv[] = { "apply", "--recount", "--cached",
+		file, NULL };
+	struct child_process child;
+	struct rev_info rev;
+	int out;
+	struct stat st;
+
+	git_config(git_diff_basic_config, NULL); /* no "diff" UI options */
+
+	if (read_cache() < 0)
+		die ("Could not read the index");
+
+	init_revisions(&rev, prefix);
+	rev.diffopt.context = 7;
+
+	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, &rev, NULL);
+	rev.diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
+	out = open(file, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, 0644);
+	if (out < 0)
+		die ("Could not open '%s' for writing.", file);
+	rev.diffopt.file = fdopen(out, "w");
+	rev.diffopt.close_file = 1;
+	if (run_diff_files(&rev, 0))
+		die ("Could not write patch");
+
+	launch_editor(file, NULL, NULL);
+
+	if (stat(file, &st))
+		die("Could not stat '%s'", file);
+	if (!st.st_size)
+		die("Empty patch. Aborted.");
+
+	memset(&child, 0, sizeof(child));
+	child.git_cmd = 1;
+	child.argv = apply_argv;
+	if (run_command(&child))
+		die ("Could not apply '%s'", file);
+
+	unlink(file);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct lock_file lock_file;
 
 static const char ignore_error[] =
@@ -201,6 +248,7 @@ static struct option builtin_add_options[] = {
 	OPT_GROUP(""),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "interactive", &add_interactive, "interactive picking"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "patch", &patch_interactive, "interactive patching"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('e', "edit", &edit_interactive, "edit current diff and apply"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &ignored_too, "allow adding otherwise ignored files"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('u', "update", &take_worktree_changes, "update tracked files"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('N', "intent-to-add", &intent_to_add, "record only the fact that the path will be added later"),
@@ -251,14 +299,19 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int require_pathspec;
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, builtin_add_options,
-			  builtin_add_usage, 0);
+			  builtin_add_usage, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0);
 	if (patch_interactive)
 		add_interactive = 1;
 	if (add_interactive)
-		exit(interactive_add(argc, argv, prefix));
+		exit(interactive_add(argc - 1, argv + 1, prefix));
 
 	git_config(add_config, NULL);
 
+	if (edit_interactive)
+		return(edit_patch(argc, argv, prefix));
+	argc--;
+	argv++;
+
 	if (addremove && take_worktree_changes)
 		die("-A and -u are mutually incompatible");
 	if ((addremove || take_worktree_changes) && !argc) {

t/t3702-add-edit.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007 Johannes E. Schindelin
+#
+
+test_description='add -e basic tests'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+
+cat > file << EOF
+LO, praise of the prowess of people-kings
+of spear-armed Danes, in days long sped,
+we have heard, and what honor the athelings won!
+Oft Scyld the Scefing from squadroned foes,
+from many a tribe, the mead-bench tore,
+awing the earls. Since erst he lay
+friendless, a foundling, fate repaid him:
+for he waxed under welkin, in wealth he throve,
+till before him the folk, both far and near,
+who house by the whale-path, heard his mandate,
+gave him gifts:  a good king he!
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+
+	git add file &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m initial file
+
+'
+
+cat > expected-patch << EOF
+diff --git a/file b/file
+index b9834b5..0b8f197 100644
+--- a/file
++++ b/file
+@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
+-LO, praise of the prowess of people-kings
+-of spear-armed Danes, in days long sped,
+-we have heard, and what honor the athelings won!
+-Oft Scyld the Scefing from squadroned foes,
+-from many a tribe, the mead-bench tore,
+-awing the earls. Since erst he lay
+-friendless, a foundling, fate repaid him:
+-for he waxed under welkin, in wealth he throve,
+-till before him the folk, both far and near,
+-who house by the whale-path, heard his mandate,
+-gave him gifts:  a good king he!
++#!$SHELL_PATH
++mv -f "\$1" orig-patch &&
++mv -f patch "\$1"
+EOF
+
+cat > patch << EOF
+diff --git a/file b/file
+index b9834b5..ef6e94c 100644
+--- a/file
++++ b/file
+@@ -3,1 +3,333 @@ of spear-armed Danes, in days long sped,
+ we have heard, and what honor the athelings won!
++
+ Oft Scyld the Scefing from squadroned foes,
+@@ -2,7 +1,5 @@ awing the earls. Since erst he lay
+ friendless, a foundling, fate repaid him:
++
+ for he waxed under welkin, in wealth he throve,
+EOF
+
+cat > expected << EOF
+diff --git a/file b/file
+index b9834b5..ef6e94c 100644
+--- a/file
++++ b/file
+@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+ LO, praise of the prowess of people-kings
+ of spear-armed Danes, in days long sped,
+ we have heard, and what honor the athelings won!
++
+ Oft Scyld the Scefing from squadroned foes,
+ from many a tribe, the mead-bench tore,
+ awing the earls. Since erst he lay
+ friendless, a foundling, fate repaid him:
++
+ for he waxed under welkin, in wealth he throve,
+ till before him the folk, both far and near,
+ who house by the whale-path, heard his mandate,
+EOF
+
+echo "#!$SHELL_PATH" >fake-editor.sh
+cat >> fake-editor.sh <<\EOF
+mv -f "$1" orig-patch &&
+mv -f patch "$1"
+EOF
+
+test_set_editor "$(pwd)/fake-editor.sh"
+chmod a+x fake-editor.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'add -e' '
+
+	cp fake-editor.sh file &&
+	git add -e &&
+	test_cmp fake-editor.sh file &&
+	test_cmp orig-patch expected-patch &&
+	git diff --cached > out &&
+	test_cmp out expected
+
+'
+
+test_done