Re: What is missing from Git v2.0

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Apr 25, 2014, 19:12 UTC
Message-ID: <20140425191236.GA31637@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <535ab03711d81_471d7d930822@nysa.notmuch>

On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 01:57:59PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:

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> > Maybe I was not clear in my response, so let me try again. I do _not_
> > necessarily agree that we need to move away from the name index.
> 
> So you agree that "the index" is a bad name, and you agree "staging area" is a
> better name, yet you don't agree we should move away from the term "index"?

I don't agree that "the index" is a "bad" name, because that implies some objective level of "bad".

I do think the name "staging area" is fine, and I think it may even be better than "index", if we were picking a name out of the blue.

I am undecided on whether we should move away from the term "index". The way you have phrased it seems like you are trying to create a logical contradiction: A is bad, B is good, therefore we should move from A to B. But that neglects the cost of moving.

Frankly, I am not that interested in discussing it with you. I _am_ interested in you not using my name to claim that I believe things I do not.

-Peff