Staging & Committing

ichi’s staging workflow lets you build a commit at whatever granularity you need: whole files, individual hunks, or hand-picked lines.

The status view

Press s from the graph to open Status. It lists your changed files, separated into unstaged and staged.

Key	Action
j / k	Move between files
Space	Stage / unstage the selected file
a	Stage all changes
u	Unstage all
d	Open the diff for the selected file
Tab	Switch between staged and unstaged
c	Commit

The :w command also stages all changes in one step.

The staging workflow

For a focused review, the staging workflow puts your unstaged and staged file trees side by side with a live diff preview: move through the files on the left and see each one’s changes on the right.

Staging hunks and lines

For surgical commits, press d to open the diff, then stage at a finer grain — by hunk or by hand-picked lines:

Key	Action
j / k	Move by line
J / K	Move by hunk
s	Stage the current hunk
Space	Select a line
Enter	Stage the selected lines
u	Unstage

This is how you split a messy working tree into clean, focused commits without dropping to git add -p.

Committing

Once you’ve staged what you want, press c to open the commit dialog. Type your message and press Enter to confirm, or Esc to cancel.

In a hurry to commit and leave? :wq stages everything, opens the commit dialog, and quits when you’re done.

Next

• Push, Pull & Fetch to share your commits.
• Stashes to shelve work in progress instead of committing.