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Re: Why git shows staging area to users?

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David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 14, 2012, 00:56 UTC
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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.
-- 
David
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  1. Yi, EungJunOct 13, 2012
  2. Felipe ContrerasOct 14, 2012
  3. David AguilarOct 14, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 14, 2012
  5. Matthieu MoyOct 14, 2012
  6. Sitaram ChamartyOct 14, 2012

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