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Re: [PATCH] user-manual: mention git gui citool (commit, amend)

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JFJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
Date
Aug 3, 2007, 12:56 UTC
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<20070803125634.GB28323@fieldses.org>
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On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 07:08:44AM +0200, Steffen Prohaska wrote:
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>
> On Aug 3, 2007, at 12:31 AM, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
>
>>>> Also, I like the verb "stage" as a way to explain the part of the index
>>>> file in creating commits, but I've been consistently using the word
>>>> "index" throughout the user manual, and I think that's consistent with
>>>> the rest of the documentation--so don't avoid it here.
>>>
>>> "staging/unstaging" is how git gui calls adding/removing files to and
>>> from the index.
>>
>> I understand what you meant, but a reader of the user manual at this
>> point might not, since it's been consistently saying things like "to add
>> the contents of a new file to the index, use git add".  So we should use
>> the same language here.  Unless we want to update the whole thing to use
>> "stage" and "unstage".  I'd rather not.
>
> Agree. But we could briefly introduce git gui's dialect, something like
>
> "git gui lets you select files (use menu 'Commit > Stage to Commit') or
> individually diff hunks (use 'Stage Hunk For Commit' in context menu of
> diff view) for inclusion in the index."
Sounds good to me.  Somebody do that!
--b.
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  1. user-manual: mention git gui citool (commit, amend)Steffen Prohaska, Jul 30, 2007
  2. Shawn O. PearceJul 31, 2007
  3. J. Bruce FieldsAug 2, 2007
  4. Steffen ProhaskaAug 2, 2007
  5. J. Bruce FieldsAug 2, 2007
  6. Steffen ProhaskaAug 3, 2007
  7. J. Bruce FieldsAug 3, 2007
  8. user-manual: mention git gui citool (commit, amend)Steffen Prohaska, Aug 5, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinAug 5, 2007
  10. Steffen ProhaskaAug 5, 2007
  11. Johannes SchindelinAug 5, 2007
  12. David KastrupAug 5, 2007
  13. Steffen ProhaskaAug 5, 2007
  14. Johannes SchindelinAug 6, 2007
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  16. Steven GrimmAug 6, 2007
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  18. J. Bruce FieldsAug 5, 2007
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  20. Johannes SchindelinAug 6, 2007
  21. J. Bruce FieldsAug 6, 2007
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  23. J. Bruce FieldsAug 6, 2007
  24. Shawn O. PearceAug 3, 2007
  25. J. Bruce FieldsAug 3, 2007
  26. Shawn O. PearceAug 4, 2007
  27. Steffen ProhaskaAug 5, 2007
  28. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2007
  29. Shawn O. PearceAug 3, 2007
  30. J. Bruce FieldsAug 3, 2007
  31. Shawn O. PearceAug 4, 2007
  32. David KastrupAug 4, 2007
  33. J. Bruce FieldsAug 4, 2007
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