Commiting specific parts of a file in Git

Question

Hello,

I have made several changes to a file and have also added it to the git index. While committing the file I realized that I actually have changes which should go in separate commits with other files.

Is there a way to commit only specific parts of this file in Git?

Thanks for your help.

-- Parag

Answer 1

Use git gui, it can add only specific parts of a file to the index. I think you can do it using git add -i (interactive mode) too, but I've never used it.

Answer 2

Use:

git add -i

to add files interactively. This will allow you to stage only the parts of the files you wish to commit. More info here, and a decent tutorial here.