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 D861A1F406 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2017 05:40:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750749AbdLMFkf (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:40:35 -0500 Received: from mail-wm0-f47.google.com ([74.125.82.47]:43928 "EHLO mail-wm0-f47.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750737AbdLMFke (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:40:34 -0500 Received: by mail-wm0-f47.google.com with SMTP id n138so2614675wmg.2 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2017 21:40:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=VDF/YQ2IStjcrmaLAXk+kr26touXVBZutrd2ufO3K1c=; b=TqNeHOSYTf7qIq0V8F2tKTJA3q3VE75tFR+hDeV47omQINfkmO9P0jJb20S/NdFdfQ XG1bPAdUaPOHFaZyl5Ar7xEtHWQLB/k5aM7NKqPAshyZfakxjzJALdoy8kWXTUE8ZOaU C8LsPTsF+ib42PYNsizat7cBx4m2O5x8QHm0a2zQE6bQrLzVcYDj5lceZlaLyl0YUVt1 47xgK4qdLVXnBojNM/vssF6HQdu1eS+dr3gz3jch2K6KlJUNZT9WW7n2b/TDOg1B7uNL baJfEPEugRIcwxHiYYL/+u4VUUV20Ph+UwAGxHKkmSyqTxjwvpPh9JZEJ4eHb9vRGbLR X6Zw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=VDF/YQ2IStjcrmaLAXk+kr26touXVBZutrd2ufO3K1c=; b=Kas4LCaZpwo1QF3ZOKOEfGjSAX7spBzM7jmyaAUIwqvsps2H2HWc8yYD8GI/ltquvz PfBYuQAJ6VGcIwU24+nSu45XAgLv3XyQ1ahTEHyJBgd26Z5z7I60+DKqNFaG/XoY0the ZqpEGPUCSjra3Sh3cpAxPlq8MZblYnrv1U7f5l2/e5KOdYiCq+xOQIf7zqlkCULZCjys oZvx/UbCnO9vNxD91uoqMQY5Us6nUi288DPZwcrBbnp+hzrILdt/21FSYE+e0swxYZuC gcB97NO5sj3wSJmFQyDubrYd0y3vGN3mslvqGM58XwTLOoEufZSSckU4yYpjJT7AhHEn wbng== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mLoLChxolk/hwCNch4WQ6Y5FMZS9MNCL/CINPuNkE74ozXDOiVZ tf8M96RP8LrWjQSwKp+psVHYWqZw43n2u9eIRtsxmw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBovApKoGyODf2lEOtRWRuwlQ0uxTcxXla6NYM/UvGkrm0w6Gcptt1hx9YQl/G3DsWF4T618xf1peLHIOKV9XGHs= X-Received: by 10.80.182.217 with SMTP id f25mr6255852ede.104.1513143632782; Tue, 12 Dec 2017 21:40:32 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.80.174.252 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Dec 2017 21:40:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Jacob Keller Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 21:40:12 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Modify git-add doc to say "staging area" To: "David A. Wheeler" Cc: git Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 6:32 PM, David A. Wheeler wrote: > Change the documentation of git-add so that it consistently uses > the phrase "staging area". The current git documentation uses > inconsistent terminology ("index", "cache", and "staging area"). > This commit switches git-add's documentation to consistently use > the phrase "staging area", which is higher-level and should be less > confusing for new users. > I know we've used various terms for this concept across a lot of the documentation. However, I was under the impression that we most explicitly used "index" rather than "staging area". Additionally, I think there are many other locations which consistently use "index" as the term already. Thanks, Jake