git add -p for agents & scripts

Oh, mama.
Stage just the
pretty hunks.

git add -p is an interactive TUI. An agent, a script, a CI job — none of them can drive it. The one git operation a non-interactive caller can't do is the exact one you need.

hunky stages just the hunks — or the lines — you point at. No TUI. No hands.

Star it on GitHub Get it

hero-flex Brawny Johvo, hero flex, pointing at YOU prompt → IMAGE_PROMPTS.md

add-p-rage Brawny scowling at an interactive TUI he can't drive — hands thrown up, nowhere near the keyboard prompt → IMAGE_PROMPTS.md

No hands.
No keyboard.
No party.

You reach for git add -p like a civilized creature and… it's a captive TUI. You can't pipe it. You can't script it. Sure is annoying.

If only some good-lookin' tool could stage just the hunks you point at, no TUI required.

Hey there, pretty mama

Those are some pretty hunks.

hunky parses the diff, rebuilds a clean patch from the hunks — or the individual lines — you select, and pipes it to git apply --cached. Single-file Go, zero dependencies.

--list / by number

Stage hunks by their numbers. List once, stage 1 3 5, then 2 4.
--pick-lines A-B

Split a single hunk — stage only the +/- lines in a range.
--dry-run

Preview the exact patch before it touches the index.
--stdin

Feed it a diff from anywhere. Built for programmatic use.

pretty-hunks Brawny admiring a glowing diff on screen, hearts in his eyes prompt → IMAGE_PROMPTS.md

BOY, that only took go install.

It's real, it's free, it's MIT. The whole product is one Go file and a README written by a man who is very pretty.

install

go install github.com/whiskeytuesday/hunky@latest

the reliable loop

hunky --list f.go          # 1. see numbered hunks
hunky --dry-run f.go 4     # 2. PREVIEW the exact patch (don't skip this)
hunky f.go 4               # 3. stage just those hunks
git diff --cached --stat   # 4. confirm what landed
git commit -m "..."        # 5. the leftover hunks are the next commit

Star it (it's the only thanks I want)

brawny-portrait Brawny Johvo glamour portrait, comb in hand, mirror sparkle prompt → IMAGE_PROMPTS.md

Your mascot

Brawny Johvo

A Legally Distinct Non-Infringing™ original character. Spends his days admiring his reflection in a freshly-applied --cached patch. Cannot use a TUI (no patience), which is how this whole tool got started.

He has, regrettably, also founded a startup. You should hear about Hunky Cloud .

Why install a tool…

…when you could pay for it forever?

Introducing Hunky Cloud: the exact same tool, now shipped to a server and billed monthly, with a free unsolicited code review from a model named Brawny. It works. It's worse. We know you've got room in the budget.

See the pricing (oh no)