--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+use strict;
+
+sub run_cmd_pipe {
+       my $fh = undef;
+       open($fh, '-|', @_) or die;
+       return <$fh>;
+}
+
+my ($GIT_DIR) = run_cmd_pipe(qw(git rev-parse --git-dir));
+
+if (!defined $GIT_DIR) {
+       exit(1); # rev-parse would have already said "not a git repo"
+}
+chomp($GIT_DIR);
+
+sub refresh {
+       my $fh;
+       open $fh, '-|', qw(git update-index --refresh)
+           or die;
+       while (<$fh>) {
+               ;# ignore 'needs update'
+       }
+       close $fh;
+}
+
+sub list_untracked {
+       map {
+               chomp $_;
+               $_;
+       }
+       run_cmd_pipe(qw(git ls-files --others
+                       --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore),
+                    "--exclude-from=$GIT_DIR/info/exclude",
+                    '--', @_);
+}
+
+my $status_fmt = '%12s %12s %s';
+my $status_head = sprintf($status_fmt, 'staged', 'unstaged', 'path');
+
+# Returns list of hashes, contents of each of which are:
+# PRINT:       print message
+# VALUE:       pathname
+# BINARY:      is a binary path
+# INDEX:       is index different from HEAD?
+# FILE:                is file different from index?
+# INDEX_ADDDEL:        is it add/delete between HEAD and index?
+# FILE_ADDDEL: is it add/delete between index and file?
+
+sub list_modified {
+       my ($only) = @_;
+       my (%data, @return);
+       my ($add, $del, $adddel, $file);
+
+       for (run_cmd_pipe(qw(git diff-index --cached
+                            --numstat --summary HEAD))) {
+               if (($add, $del, $file) =
+                   /^([-\d]+)  ([-\d]+)        (.*)/) {
+                       my ($change, $bin);
+                       if ($add eq '-' && $del eq '-') {
+                               $change = 'binary';
+                               $bin = 1;
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               $change = "+$add/-$del";
+                       }
+                       $data{$file} = {
+                               INDEX => $change,
+                               BINARY => $bin,
+                               FILE => 'nothing',
+                       }
+               }
+               elsif (($adddel, $file) =
+                      /^ (create|delete) mode [0-7]+ (.*)$/) {
+                       $data{$file}{INDEX_ADDDEL} = $adddel;
+               }
+       }
+
+       for (run_cmd_pipe(qw(git diff-files --numstat --summary))) {
+               if (($add, $del, $file) =
+                   /^([-\d]+)  ([-\d]+)        (.*)/) {
+                       if (!exists $data{$file}) {
+                               $data{$file} = +{
+                                       INDEX => 'unchanged',
+                                       BINARY => 0,
+                               };
+                       }
+                       my ($change, $bin);
+                       if ($add eq '-' && $del eq '-') {
+                               $change = 'binary';
+                               $bin = 1;
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               $change = "+$add/-$del";
+                       }
+                       $data{$file}{FILE} = $change;
+                       if ($bin) {
+                               $data{$file}{BINARY} = 1;
+                       }
+               }
+               elsif (($adddel, $file) =
+                      /^ (create|delete) mode [0-7]+ (.*)$/) {
+                       $data{$file}{FILE_ADDDEL} = $adddel;
+               }
+       }
+
+       for (sort keys %data) {
+               my $it = $data{$_};
+
+               if ($only) {
+                       if ($only eq 'index-only') {
+                               next if ($it->{INDEX} eq 'unchanged');
+                       }
+                       if ($only eq 'file-only') {
+                               next if ($it->{FILE} eq 'nothing');
+                       }
+               }
+               push @return, +{
+                       VALUE => $_,
+                       PRINT => (sprintf $status_fmt,
+                                 $it->{INDEX}, $it->{FILE}, $_),
+                       %$it,
+               };
+       }
+       return @return;
+}
+
+sub find_unique {
+       my ($string, @stuff) = @_;
+       my $found = undef;
+       for (my $i = 0; $i < @stuff; $i++) {
+               my $it = $stuff[$i];
+               my $hit = undef;
+               if (ref $it) {
+                       if ((ref $it) eq 'ARRAY') {
+                               $it = $it->[0];
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               $it = $it->{VALUE};
+                       }
+               }
+               eval {
+                       if ($it =~ /^$string/) {
+                               $hit = 1;
+                       };
+               };
+               if (defined $hit && defined $found) {
+                       return undef;
+               }
+               if ($hit) {
+                       $found = $i + 1;
+               }
+       }
+       return $found;
+}
+
+sub list_and_choose {
+       my ($opts, @stuff) = @_;
+       my (@chosen, @return);
+       my $i;
+
+      TOPLOOP:
+       while (1) {
+               my $last_lf = 0;
+
+               if ($opts->{HEADER}) {
+                       if (!$opts->{LIST_FLAT}) {
+                               print "     ";
+                       }
+                       print "$opts->{HEADER}\n";
+               }
+               for ($i = 0; $i < @stuff; $i++) {
+                       my $chosen = $chosen[$i] ? '*' : ' ';
+                       my $print = $stuff[$i];
+                       if (ref $print) {
+                               if ((ref $print) eq 'ARRAY') {
+                                       $print = $print->[0];
+                               }
+                               else {
+                                       $print = $print->{PRINT};
+                               }
+                       }
+                       printf("%s%2d: %s", $chosen, $i+1, $print);
+                       if (($opts->{LIST_FLAT}) &&
+                           (($i + 1) % ($opts->{LIST_FLAT}))) {
+                               print "\t";
+                               $last_lf = 0;
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               print "\n";
+                               $last_lf = 1;
+                       }
+               }
+               if (!$last_lf) {
+                       print "\n";
+               }
+
+               return if ($opts->{LIST_ONLY});
+
+               print $opts->{PROMPT};
+               if ($opts->{SINGLETON}) {
+                       print "> ";
+               }
+               else {
+                       print ">> ";
+               }
+               my $line = <STDIN>;
+               last if (!$line);
+               chomp $line;
+               my $donesomething = 0;
+               for my $choice (split(/[\s,]+/, $line)) {
+                       my $choose = 1;
+                       my ($bottom, $top);
+
+                       # Input that begins with '-'; unchoose
+                       if ($choice =~ s/^-//) {
+                               $choose = 0;
+                       }
+                       # A range can be specified like 5-7
+                       if ($choice =~ /^(\d+)-(\d+)$/) {
+                               ($bottom, $top) = ($1, $2);
+                       }
+                       elsif ($choice =~ /^\d+$/) {
+                               $bottom = $top = $choice;
+                       }
+                       elsif ($choice eq '*') {
+                               $bottom = 1;
+                               $top = 1 + @stuff;
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               $bottom = $top = find_unique($choice, @stuff);
+                               if (!defined $bottom) {
+                                       print "Huh ($choice)?\n";
+                                       next TOPLOOP;
+                               }
+                       }
+                       if ($opts->{SINGLETON} && $bottom != $top) {
+                               print "Huh ($choice)?\n";
+                               next TOPLOOP;
+                       }
+                       for ($i = $bottom-1; $i <= $top-1; $i++) {
+                               next if (@stuff <= $i);
+                               $chosen[$i] = $choose;
+                               $donesomething++;
+                       }
+               }
+               last if (!$donesomething || $opts->{IMMEDIATE});
+       }
+       for ($i = 0; $i < @stuff; $i++) {
+               if ($chosen[$i]) {
+                       push @return, $stuff[$i];
+               }
+       }
+       return @return;
+}
+
+sub status_cmd {
+       list_and_choose({ LIST_ONLY => 1, HEADER => $status_head },
+                       list_modified());
+       print "\n";
+}
+
+sub say_n_paths {
+       my $did = shift @_;
+       my $cnt = scalar @_;
+       print "$did ";
+       if (1 < $cnt) {
+               print "$cnt paths\n";
+       }
+       else {
+               print "one path\n";
+       }
+}
+
+sub update_cmd {
+       my @mods = list_modified('file-only');
+       return if (!@mods);
+
+       my @update = list_and_choose({ PROMPT => 'Update',
+                                      HEADER => $status_head, },
+                                    @mods);
+       if (@update) {
+               system(qw(git update-index --add --),
+                      map { $_->{VALUE} } @update);
+               say_n_paths('updated', @update);
+       }
+       print "\n";
+}
+
+sub revert_cmd {
+       my @update = list_and_choose({ PROMPT => 'Revert',
+                                      HEADER => $status_head, },
+                                    list_modified());
+       if (@update) {
+               my @lines = run_cmd_pipe(qw(git ls-tree HEAD --),
+                                        map { $_->{VALUE} } @update);
+               my $fh;
+               open $fh, '|-', qw(git update-index --index-info)
+                   or die;
+               for (@lines) {
+                       print $fh $_;
+               }
+               close($fh);
+               for (@update) {
+                       if ($_->{INDEX_ADDDEL} &&
+                           $_->{INDEX_ADDDEL} eq 'create') {
+                               system(qw(git update-index --force-remove --),
+                                      $_->{VALUE});
+                               print "note: $_->{VALUE} is untracked now.\n";
+                       }
+               }
+               refresh();
+               say_n_paths('reverted', @update);
+       }
+       print "\n";
+}
+
+sub add_untracked_cmd {
+       my @add = list_and_choose({ PROMPT => 'Add untracked' },
+                                 list_untracked());
+       if (@add) {
+               system(qw(git update-index --add --), @add);
+               say_n_paths('added', @add);
+       }
+       print "\n";
+}
+
+sub parse_diff {
+       my ($path) = @_;
+       my @diff = run_cmd_pipe(qw(git diff-files -p --), $path);
+       my (@hunk) = { TEXT => [] };
+
+       for (@diff) {
+               if (/^@@ /) {
+                       push @hunk, { TEXT => [] };
+               }
+               push @{$hunk[-1]{TEXT}}, $_;
+       }
+       return @hunk;
+}
+
+sub help_patch_cmd {
+       print <<\EOF ;
+y - stage this hunk
+n - do not stage this hunk
+a - stage this and all the remaining hunks
+d - do not stage this hunk nor any of the remaining hunks
+j - leave this hunk undecided, see next undecided hunk
+J - leave this hunk undecided, see next hunk
+k - leave this hunk undecided, see previous undecided hunk
+K - leave this hunk undecided, see previous hunk
+EOF
+}
+
+sub patch_update_cmd {
+       my @mods = list_modified('file-only');
+       @mods = grep { !($_->{BINARY}) } @mods;
+       return if (!@mods);
+
+       my ($it) = list_and_choose({ PROMPT => 'Patch update',
+                                    SINGLETON => 1,
+                                    IMMEDIATE => 1,
+                                    HEADER => $status_head, },
+                                  @mods);
+       return if (!$it);
+
+       my ($ix, $num);
+       my $path = $it->{VALUE};
+       my ($head, @hunk) = parse_diff($path);
+       for (@{$head->{TEXT}}) {
+               print;
+       }
+       $num = scalar @hunk;
+       $ix = 0;
+
+       while (1) {
+               my ($prev, $next, $other, $undecided);
+               $other = '';
+
+               if ($num <= $ix) {
+                       $ix = 0;
+               }
+               for (my $i = 0; $i < $ix; $i++) {
+                       if (!defined $hunk[$i]{USE}) {
+                               $prev = 1;
+                               $other .= '/k';
+                               last;
+                       }
+               }
+               if ($ix) {
+                       $other .= '/K';
+               }
+               for (my $i = $ix + 1; $i < $num; $i++) {
+                       if (!defined $hunk[$i]{USE}) {
+                               $next = 1;
+                               $other .= '/j';
+                               last;
+                       }
+               }
+               if ($ix < $num - 1) {
+                       $other .= '/J';
+               }
+               for (my $i = 0; $i < $num; $i++) {
+                       if (!defined $hunk[$i]{USE}) {
+                               $undecided = 1;
+                               last;
+                       }
+               }
+               last if (!$undecided);
+
+               for (@{$hunk[$ix]{TEXT}}) {
+                       print;
+               }
+               print "Stage this hunk [y/n/a/d$other/?]? ";
+               my $line = <STDIN>;
+               if ($line) {
+                       if ($line =~ /^y/i) {
+                               $hunk[$ix]{USE} = 1;
+                       }
+                       elsif ($line =~ /^n/i) {
+                               $hunk[$ix]{USE} = 0;
+                       }
+                       elsif ($line =~ /^a/i) {
+                               while ($ix < $num) {
+                                       if (!defined $hunk[$ix]{USE}) {
+                                               $hunk[$ix]{USE} = 1;
+                                       }
+                                       $ix++;
+                               }
+                               next;
+                       }
+                       elsif ($line =~ /^d/i) {
+                               while ($ix < $num) {
+                                       if (!defined $hunk[$ix]{USE}) {
+                                               $hunk[$ix]{USE} = 0;
+                                       }
+                                       $ix++;
+                               }
+                               next;
+                       }
+                       elsif ($other =~ /K/ && $line =~ /^K/) {
+                               $ix--;
+                               next;
+                       }
+                       elsif ($other =~ /J/ && $line =~ /^J/) {
+                               $ix++;
+                               next;
+                       }
+                       elsif ($other =~ /k/ && $line =~ /^k/) {
+                               while (1) {
+                                       $ix--;
+                                       last if (!$ix ||
+                                                !defined $hunk[$ix]{USE});
+                               }
+                               next;
+                       }
+                       elsif ($other =~ /j/ && $line =~ /^j/) {
+                               while (1) {
+                                       $ix++;
+                                       last if ($ix >= $num ||
+                                                !defined $hunk[$ix]{USE});
+                               }
+                               next;
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               help_patch_cmd($other);
+                               next;
+                       }
+                       # soft increment
+                       while (1) {
+                               $ix++;
+                               last if ($ix >= $num ||
+                                        !defined $hunk[$ix]{USE});
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+
+       my ($o_lno, $n_lno);
+       my @result = ();
+       for (@hunk) {
+               my $text = $_->{TEXT};
+               my ($o_ofs, $o_cnt, $n_ofs, $n_cnt) =
+                   $text->[0] =~ /^@@ -(\d+)(?:,(\d+)) \+(\d+)(?:,(\d+)) @@/;
+               if (!$_->{USE}) {
+                       # Adjust offset here.
+                       next;
+               }
+               else {
+                       for (@$text) {
+                               push @result, $_;
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+
+       if (@result) {
+               my $fh;
+
+               open $fh, '|-', qw(git apply --cached);
+               for (@{$head->{TEXT}}, @result) {
+                       print $fh $_;
+               }
+               close $fh;
+               refresh();
+       }
+
+       print "\n";
+}
+
+sub diff_cmd {
+       my @mods = list_modified('index-only');
+       @mods = grep { !($_->{BINARY}) } @mods;
+       return if (!@mods);
+       my (@them) = list_and_choose({ PROMPT => 'Review diff',
+                                    IMMEDIATE => 1,
+                                    HEADER => $status_head, },
+                                  @mods);
+       return if (!@them);
+       system(qw(git diff-index -p --cached HEAD --),
+              map { $_->{VALUE} } @them);
+}
+
+sub quit_cmd {
+       print "Bye.\n";
+       exit(0);
+}
+
+sub help_cmd {
+       print <<\EOF ;
+status        - show paths with changes
+update        - add working tree state to the staged set of changes
+revert        - revert staged set of changes back to the HEAD version
+patch         - pick hunks and update selectively
+diff         - view diff between HEAD and index
+add untracked - add contents of untracked files to the staged set of changes
+EOF
+}
+
+sub main_loop {
+       my @cmd = ([ 'status', \&status_cmd, ],
+                  [ 'update', \&update_cmd, ],
+                  [ 'revert', \&revert_cmd, ],
+                  [ 'add untracked', \&add_untracked_cmd, ],
+                  [ 'patch', \&patch_update_cmd, ],
+                  [ 'diff', \&diff_cmd, ],
+                  [ 'quit', \&quit_cmd, ],
+                  [ 'help', \&help_cmd, ],
+       );
+       while (1) {
+               my ($it) = list_and_choose({ PROMPT => 'What now',
+                                            SINGLETON => 1,
+                                            LIST_FLAT => 4,
+                                            HEADER => '*** Commands ***',
+                                            IMMEDIATE => 1 }, @cmd);
+               if ($it) {
+                       eval {
+                               $it->[1]->();
+                       };
+                       if ($@) {
+                               print "$@";
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+}
+
+my @z;
+
+refresh();
+status_cmd();
+main_loop();