+my $patch_mode_revision;
+
+sub apply_patch;
+sub apply_patch_for_checkout_commit;
+sub apply_patch_for_stash;
+
+my %patch_modes = (
+ 'stage' => {
+ DIFF => 'diff-files -p',
+ APPLY => sub { apply_patch 'apply --cached', @_; },
+ APPLY_CHECK => 'apply --cached',
+ VERB => 'Stage',
+ TARGET => '',
+ PARTICIPLE => 'staging',
+ FILTER => 'file-only',
+ },
+ 'stash' => {
+ DIFF => 'diff-index -p HEAD',
+ APPLY => sub { apply_patch 'apply --cached', @_; },
+ APPLY_CHECK => 'apply --cached',
+ VERB => 'Stash',
+ TARGET => '',
+ PARTICIPLE => 'stashing',
+ FILTER => undef,
+ },
+ 'reset_head' => {
+ DIFF => 'diff-index -p --cached',
+ APPLY => sub { apply_patch 'apply -R --cached', @_; },
+ APPLY_CHECK => 'apply -R --cached',
+ VERB => 'Unstage',
+ TARGET => '',
+ PARTICIPLE => 'unstaging',
+ FILTER => 'index-only',
+ },
+ 'reset_nothead' => {
+ DIFF => 'diff-index -R -p --cached',
+ APPLY => sub { apply_patch 'apply --cached', @_; },
+ APPLY_CHECK => 'apply --cached',
+ VERB => 'Apply',
+ TARGET => ' to index',
+ PARTICIPLE => 'applying',
+ FILTER => 'index-only',
+ },
+ 'checkout_index' => {
+ DIFF => 'diff-files -p',
+ APPLY => sub { apply_patch 'apply -R', @_; },
+ APPLY_CHECK => 'apply -R',
+ VERB => 'Discard',
+ TARGET => ' from worktree',
+ PARTICIPLE => 'discarding',
+ FILTER => 'file-only',
+ },
+ 'checkout_head' => {
+ DIFF => 'diff-index -p',
+ APPLY => sub { apply_patch_for_checkout_commit '-R', @_ },
+ APPLY_CHECK => 'apply -R',
+ VERB => 'Discard',
+ TARGET => ' from index and worktree',
+ PARTICIPLE => 'discarding',
+ FILTER => undef,
+ },
+ 'checkout_nothead' => {
+ DIFF => 'diff-index -R -p',
+ APPLY => sub { apply_patch_for_checkout_commit '', @_ },
+ APPLY_CHECK => 'apply',
+ VERB => 'Apply',
+ TARGET => ' to index and worktree',
+ PARTICIPLE => 'applying',
+ FILTER => undef,
+ },
+);
+
+my %patch_mode_flavour = %{$patch_modes{stage}};