From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3739E1F404 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:55:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753932AbdLNRzk (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2017 12:55:40 -0500 Received: from mail-wr0-f176.google.com ([209.85.128.176]:39432 "EHLO mail-wr0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753859AbdLNRzi (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2017 12:55:38 -0500 Received: by mail-wr0-f176.google.com with SMTP id a41so5855431wra.6 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2017 09:55:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:user-agent:in-reply-to:date :message-id:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5VIsxAaHVKa2+9tS/rP6k8Zbys8sI0fDrmqlHiHbbMQ=; b=QkY+KyeDbDGeYGD4RdqIiI9sTHHSNSMrZKdjCD6/vlwrGc0RhL3LMf37V2H4YO5J0p OIdEZVbdff9Yb0zlms2Zf5T7Z+1uXuvF9aJ2sCIzVGDavYcLZwbX9TDs8Bhuwlt/SteD uWvjl1FvCh967DKMV5Oj4gg4pMNfC3zsltjSJ2xkKOpNtl5QdSzOThJe4G3tYPaKr9Su UEz/un5pESO7W2MJA0rfWsfHM+62KVnimv+MFghZsVVcmWEnjwZnct9WiCR18hD0+C0C ZG/eOxUUqpzNVPU2KbMcRn8OL8pAt/cfz4eH1lkB1b7VJcncb12xgNR8NMkCUD+p7JSV q2TQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:user-agent :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5VIsxAaHVKa2+9tS/rP6k8Zbys8sI0fDrmqlHiHbbMQ=; b=Nq6dNKEOs8n3V4IktliGtg7KmjmGSVopJnVNx1EExYsplpy/GzKNTBMqjfHm4PfDVB ZhNfv9HIfug83GcjOsoxIbhdrfm9AVmfuQt4Em1AROyw+KgrX/2GS6Mk9i/Ij+P8l1vr ovLIyP3GMgLqgQcXBHVrAzTXacyIcdA7vaaMWluuS9ZgLcbTL4xTYZYMgjyRrKgpJZ6T i7qv666MeAABFTkdvHzuXocIXTtiRFy20b92nAuFPLsVqc+m1fuzyxcXjXO8ybuCq55V ul2VaRYUsKCE1DhXj22RjGdFq0QIY78Apo3Z7j4WdfRpwjn3qBOl5FsEikUkauz0MoR5 l+vw== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mJOw4xVP1oKjdRZmlqUloI/QmPP+4+YZqQsLCQIepoIDjN+2/t1 adPVrmWCNH7Jlyvb6TNlf+U= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBou+RpsqpmKjpghqXM3iThwXP9DA6JAkKBnhlK883buSZbnTBi25yulDRG/vEr9v+Zzz7SSlpg== X-Received: by 10.223.133.68 with SMTP id 62mr7366886wrh.243.1513274137695; Thu, 14 Dec 2017 09:55:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from evledraar (178-84-79-100.dynamic.upc.nl. [178.84.79.100]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n32sm8625185wrb.62.2017.12.14.09.55.35 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 14 Dec 2017 09:55:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from avar by evledraar with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1ePXjK-0006Dp-UJ; Thu, 14 Dec 2017 18:55:34 +0100 From: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason To: "David A. Wheeler" Cc: Jacob Keller , git , Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Modify git-add doc to say "staging area" References: <01075529-4B7B-4C05-927F-0504315F2B3F@dwheeler.com> <662C691D-7263-4469-87F4-4BA8A50CC4E8@dwheeler.com> User-agent: Debian GNU/Linux 9.2 (stretch); Emacs 25.1.1; mu4e 0.9.19 In-reply-to: <662C691D-7263-4469-87F4-4BA8A50CC4E8@dwheeler.com> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 18:55:34 +0100 Message-ID: <87wp1pb3e1.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 14 2017, David A. Wheeler jotted: > On December 13, 2017 7:54:04 AM EST, "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" wrote: >>After your patch the majority of the docs will still talk about >>"index", is this part of some larger series, perhaps it would be good >>to see it all at once... > > Yes, this would be part of a larger series. > > I'm happy to do the work, but I don't want to do it if it's just going to be rejected. > > The work is very straightforward, in almost all cases you simply replace the word index with the phrase staging area. The change is similar for the word cache. So I'm not sure what seeing it all at once would do for anybody. > > Are there one or two other files that you would like to see transformed to see as an example? If you're just looking for a sense of it, that should be enough. No I get the idea, I'm just wondering if you'll continue to work on this, because if not mentioning "staging area" in more places without continuing to eradicate "index" isn't going to improve things much, and possibly make it worse. I like the direction of this series.