How can I make git add -p accept keystrokes without waiting for me to press Enter?

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git add -p is very convenient for staging changes in an interactive fashion. At each change, it prompts the user to press a key to determine what Git should do with the change in question:

Stage this hunk [y,n,q,a,d,/,K,j,J,g,s,e,?]?

Is there anyway to make git move onto the next hunk without having to hit Enter?

Does this answer your question? [Is there any way to make \`git add --patch\` respond to a single \`y\` or \`n\` keystroke?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32546358/is-there-any-way-to-make-git-add-patch-respond-to-a-single-y-or-n-keystr) — Mateen Ulhaq, Jun 10 '21 at 23:39

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 19 '15 at 20:47

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Yes. Set the config option interactive.singlekey to true:

git config --global interactive.singlekey true

answered Aug 19 '15 at 20:47

mipadi

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this is going to change my life – Anthony Naddeo Aug 19 '15 at 21:06
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The [documentation says](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#git-config-interactivesingleKey) that Perl's Term::ReadKey is also needed. Try `apt-get install libterm-readkey-perl` – mndrix Jan 21 '17 at 19:13

How can I make git add -p accept keystrokes without waiting for me to press Enter?

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