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by urschrei 5461 days ago
Yes, you are; SVN doesn't allow you to commit parts of a file -- it works at the file level. Git allows you to commit an arbitrary subset of changed lines from whatever files you've changed in your working copy. It doesn't track changes to files, it tracks changes to content in its tree. See here for a more complete explanation: https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitFaq#Why_is_.22git_c...