From: David A. Wheeler <dwheeler@dwheeler.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 19:05:21 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Modify git-add doc to say "staging area"
Message-ID: <6382776C-175A-4E27-8D7C-385FFF167535@dwheeler.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqk1xpta93.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On December 14, 2017 1:50:00 PM EST, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>I agree with that.  I do not consider the proposed change "good".

Why is "index" better? It is a confusing name, one that has many other unrelated meanings.  In particular, many projects managed by git also have an index, but few have a staging area.

Also, the phrase "staging area" is already in use, so this is not a new term (e.g., git-staging).


--- David A.Wheeler