[soyiuz]

I agree with mkeash's comment. Isn't this also the whole point of the staging area? "Stage multiple fixes into a single coherent commit," is the underlying model. Instead, in the above example there are many granular commits, with rebasing used to then clump them into a logical grouping.

This would indicate to me that you are committing too often or not using the staging area properly.

[jh3]

Committing often allows you to remember the small changes you made throughout the feature. If you let a file sit in the staging area for hours, days, weeks, you will most likely have a hard time remembering why you made all the changes.

Is there a way to do this with the staging area? o.O