This article is a follow-up to the comments from yesterday’s discussion about interactive adding. Many readers were eager to learn more about the powerful git add -p command, which is a shortcut to the patch mode
Piecemeal staging
Restoring lost commits
So, you just executed git reset –hard HEAD^ and discarded your last commit. But now you realize you really needed those changes.
Fixing broken commit messages
You just committed that awesome feature, test, or bug fix, but something isn’t quite right. Maybe some information is missing, the commit message is incorrect, or something else is off.
Ignoring doesn’t remove a file
One common source of confusion among Git beginners is the misconception that adding a file to the .gitignore file will erase it from the repository’s history.
Push and delete remote branches
Pushing and deleting remote branches are common actions that many Git users need to perform regularly. However, some users may forget how to do so or simply not know the process.
Ignoring files
We don’t always want Git to track everything in our projects, whether it’s compiled source code, files containing passwords, or temporary files created by editors.