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Jakub Nar=C4=99bski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:

> I wonder, if git-commit is to acquire such feature, what would be the
> best interface.  "git commit :0:./<path>"?  "git commit -o -p <path>"
> (that is, "git commit --only --patch <pathspec>")?

Just do "git reset && git commit -p <pathspec>", I would say.
Anything more elaborate would just confuse the end users.