git-add.txt: document 'interactive.singlekey'
This is documented in the section about the 'Interactive Mode', rather than for the option '--patch', since this is the section is where people go to learn about '--patch'. Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Mentored-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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This lets you choose one path out of a 'status' like selection.
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After choosing the path, it presents the diff between the index
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and the working tree file and asks you if you want to stage
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- the change of each hunk. You can say:
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+ the change of each hunk. You can select one of the following
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+ options and type return:
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y - stage this hunk
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n - do not stage this hunk
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After deciding the fate for all hunks, if there is any hunk
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that was chosen, the index is updated with the selected hunks.
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+You can omit having to type return here, by setting the configuration
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+variable `interactive.singlekey` to `true`.
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diff::
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