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=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham 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 617B41F404 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2017 18:08:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753942AbdLNSIt (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:08:49 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:50091 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753698AbdLNSIs (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:08:48 -0500 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F514C72BD; Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:08:48 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=fVHnO+XstMvM 1BRlRYMXsar4Kzk=; b=YXBPrUezmXqJZhN1VSjb8zqR0wWEOwmGvdMUBTU8Ju5u 1WfCEnLRO21QDJpHbFMpQcESJUuyceyvQinh9LlH2KNXHPmN+5h352M17AWYlZyI vsuuoFBIpJ4qk0ycT4tP4DpErCyIwGaQf5yR+zVul/s8yP9HU4dQlGscKcPLMqE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=sasl; b=n+vnXR 7+TOp1yMQAsHF+EaD9TRPU6Dg2hgyFlopTgrFwA8d2oknNjYR6W8x6+r1crvlbGO cW9Y+Zzpbqxq2Ol9T7SlWWeV5e1RiofHkeb3XOKTqM1d3kEXvPpO03XPlZ2bDLNb SlS508lyHMrwe9wdkoz/fae4DMvkUKJHT56ss= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47D1CC72BC; Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:08:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.0.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id ACD96C72BB; Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:08:47 -0500 (EST) From: Junio C Hamano To: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason Cc: "David A. Wheeler" , Jacob Keller , git Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Modify git-add doc to say "staging area" References: <01075529-4B7B-4C05-927F-0504315F2B3F@dwheeler.com> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 10:08:46 -0800 In-Reply-To: (=?utf-8?B?IsOGdmFyIEFybmZqw7Zyw7A=?= Bjarmason"'s message of "Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:54:04 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Pobox-Relay-ID: D4A6FF8E-E0F9-11E7-99B4-575F0C78B957-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason writes: > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 6:46 AM, David A. Wheeler wrote: >> On December 13, 2017 12:40:12 AM EST, Jacob Keller wrote: >>>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". >> >> I think "staging area" is the better term. It focuses on its purpose, = and it is also less confusing ("index" and "cache" have other meanings in= many of the repos managed by git). > > 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... ... or none of it. I do not quite see a point of spending list bandwidth on a change like this one.