Can you do partial commit in TortoiseGit?

Question

Native git allows partial commits: You can commit only some of the lines of your file and leave the rest for a later commit.

Is this possible in TortoiseGit?

Answer 1

Yes, there are official instructions in the docs.

In practice, I find this workflow useful:

• Right click a file you want to partially commit
• Click Restore after commit - This immediately creates an internal copy of the file.
• Double click the file to edit in TortoiseGitMerge
• Right click -> Mark this block for each change you want to commit now
• Right click -> Leave only marked blocks to revert the other changes.
  As an alternative to these two steps, you can edit the file the way you want.
• Save and Close TortoiseGitMerge
• Commit - this restores the internal copy of the file afterwards.
• The changes you just reverted in TortoiseGitMerge are now restored in your working tree.