From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 04:38:07 GMT
Subject: Re: Why git shows staging area to users?
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David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Yi, EungJun <semtlenori@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> Why git shows staging area to users, compared with the other scms hide
>> it? What benefits users get?
>
> http://thkoch2001.github.com/whygitisbetter/#the-staging-area
> http://tomayko.com/writings/the-thing-about-git
> http://gitready.com/beginner/2009/01/18/the-staging-area.html
>
> Other scms do not "hide"; other scms lack this feature altogether.
>
>> I feel staging area is useful, but it is difficult to explain why when
>> someone asks me about that.
>
> See above.

Very well said.  Thanks.