Is there a keyboard shortcut for stage lines in git gui?

Question

In the standard git gui, there are options to stage selected lines or stage hunk. I find myself using these options constantly, but each time I have to right click, which can be tricky on a touchy work laptop trackpad. Is there a keyboard shortcut for the 'stage selected lines' functionality?

Answer 1

Here is a solution:

Open this file:

c:/Program Files (x86)/Git/libexec/git-core/git-gui.tcl

Add the following:

bind .   <$M1B-Key-d> stagelines

proc stagelines {} {
    apply_or_revert_range_or_line %X %Y 0
    # for older versions of git-gui, use this line instead:
    #apply_range_or_line %X %Y
    do_rescan
}

Restart git-gui

Now you can highlight the lines and hit CTRL-D to stage them.