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# Staging Changes Within Vim

I've always used git from the command line, but only recently have I started to leverage [fugitive.vim](https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive) to more quickly do some common git commands from within vim.

I mostly use *fugitive* to stage changes for committing. To stage entire files, you can view the repository status, `:Gstatus`, and then navigate up and down (`k` and `j`) tapping `-` next to the files to be staged (or unstaged).

I've started to use git's interactive mode for staging changes from the command line (`git add --patch`) more and more and recently wondered if the same thing can be accomplished with *fugitive*.

It turns out it's pretty simple to do so. Instead of tapping `-` next to a file you want to stage, you can tap `p` next to it and you will be immediately dropped into interactive mode for that file. Prepare the lines you want to stage (or, again, unstage) and save.