Whats the difference between git add -p and git add --patch?

Question

Someone told me to use git add --patch but can't seem to distinguish the difference between that and git add -p that I used before.

• Whats the difference between git add -p and git add --patch ?

Answer 1

There is no difference at all. -p is a shorthand for --patch: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-add#Documentation/git-add.txt--p

-p

--patch

Interactively choose hunks of patch between the index and the work tree and add them to the index. This gives the user a chance to review the difference before adding modified contents to the index.

This effectively runs add --interactive, but bypasses the initial command menu and directly jumps to the patch subcommand. See “Interactive mode” for details.