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Re: [PATCH] Change 'cache' to 'index' in the docs

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Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date
Nov 11, 2005, 14:34 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> 
> 
>>This had me puzzled for quite some time. Some notice to the tutorial about
>>what's meant when it says "tree-ish" or "commit-ish" would be nice (I still
>>haven't been able to figure it out).
> 
> 
> See glossary.txt.
> 

Ahhh. Terminology (here daft ole me was grep'ing away for "nomenclature"...). Thanks a million.

Although it would be nice if it was mentioned up top with the other "read these first" files.

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> 
>>The wording in git-diff-index.txt isn't exactly stellar either.
> 
> 
> Agree. Want to do something about it?
> 

Why not? Usually I can't even understand my own documentation, but it might at least raise the discussion.

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  1. Change 'cache' to 'index' in the docsLukas Sandström, Nov 11, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2005
  3. Andreas EricssonNov 11, 2005
  4. Johannes SchindelinNov 11, 2005
  5. Andreas EricssonNov 11, 2005
  6. Johannes SchindelinNov 11, 2005

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