Editing new files as you stage them

gistfile1.sh

# Why? You might want to remove log files, commented code.. generally clean up your
# code before you stage it. You might also want to remove function that isn't ready
# yet in order to keep your commits concise and meaningful.

# stage an empty version of the file so we can git add --patch later
git add -N thefile

# add --patch, so we can tweak the file (via the edit hunk feature) before it's
# staged
git add --patch thefile