Re: [PATCH] doc: Modify git-add doc to say "staging area"

From: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 13, 2017, 05:40 UTC
Message-ID: <CA+P7+xrWFE+6t-Z8cGQX5WtZP1_EQSa+J7vF65dLDSOnLfFxXQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <E1eOwqn-0005Bd-OB@rmmprod05.runbox>

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 6:32 PM, David A. Wheeler <dwheeler@dwheeler.com> wrote:

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> Change the documentation of git-add so that it consistently uses
> the phrase "staging area".  The current git documentation uses
> inconsistent terminology ("index", "cache", and "staging area").
> This commit switches git-add's documentation to consistently use
> the phrase "staging area", which is higher-level and should be less
> confusing for new users.
>

I know we've used various terms for this concept across a lot of the documentation. However, I was under the impression that we most explicitly used "index" rather than "staging area".

Additionally, I think there are many other locations which consistently use "index" as the term already.

Thanks, Jake