Re: What is missing from Git v2.0

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 25, 2014, 18:57 UTC
Message-ID: <535ab03711d81_471d7d930822@nysa.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <20140425185731.GA31454@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King wrote:

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> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 01:27:17PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> 
> > I specifically said everybody agreed to "move away from the name 'index'", I
> > didn't say everybody agreed on the "staged area" although the vast majority
> > did, and I didn't say anybody agreed on my patches, although some did.
> > 
> > I think I was clear.
> 
> 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"?

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Felipe Contreras

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