From: "David A. Wheeler" <dwheeler@dwheeler.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Cc: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
"Jacob Keller" <jacob.keller@gmail.com>,
git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Modify git-add doc to say "staging area"
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:05:21 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6382776C-175A-4E27-8D7C-385FFF167535@dwheeler.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqk1xpta93.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
On December 14, 2017 1:50:00 PM EST, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>I agree with that. I do not consider the proposed change "good".
Why is "index" better? It is a confusing name, one that has many other unrelated meanings. In particular, many projects managed by git also have an index, but few have a staging area.
Also, the phrase "staging area" is already in use, so this is not a new term (e.g., git-staging).
--- David A.Wheeler
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-14 19:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-13 2:32 [PATCH] doc: Modify git-add doc to say "staging area" David A. Wheeler
2017-12-13 5:40 ` Jacob Keller
2017-12-13 5:46 ` David A. Wheeler
2017-12-13 12:54 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-12-14 17:48 ` David A. Wheeler
2017-12-14 17:55 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-12-14 18:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-12-14 18:24 ` Stefan Beller
2017-12-14 18:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-12-14 19:05 ` David A. Wheeler [this message]
2017-12-14 19:40 ` Junio C Hamano
[not found] ` <E1ePark-0008P4-Qx@rmmprod07.runbox>
2017-12-14 21:28 ` Stefan Beller
2017-12-14 19:41 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-12-13 17:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-12-13 18:46 ` David A. Wheeler
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