From: Miles Bader Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:01:01 GMT Subject: Re: Consistent terminology: cached/staged/index Message-ID: <87wrkmfirm.fsf@catnip.gol.com> In-Reply-To: <20110226215139.GA19176@elie> Jonathan Nieder writes: > This is how "staging area" has been gaining popularity, I think --- > some (out-of-tree) documentation that is good for other reasons uses > it, and it really does seem to be a clearer term than "index" for > "place where the next commit is being prepared". Also "magit" uses the label "Staging area:" for the list of files to be committed -- and the key-binding to add a file to that list is "s"... -Miles -- Christian, n. One who follows the teachings of Christ so long as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.