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Re: git-scm.com refresh

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
May 5, 2012, 16:47 UTC
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On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 3:31 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> It seems that you are trying to advocate "staging area" as some sort of
> official term.  I think "it is like a staging area" is a good phrase to
> use when answering "what is the index?", but I think repeating it million
> times without telling the casual readers what its official name is is
> counterproductive.  Don't do that.  It will confuse these same people when
> they start reading manuals.

I think keeping the name 'index' is what is counter-productive. I think most users don't even need to hear the term 'index' in order to interact with the staging area in common operations, so they won't ask "what is the index?".

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Felipe Contreras
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Message 6 of 28 in “git-scm.com refresh”
  1. Scott ChaconMay 4, 2012
  2. Jakub NarebskiMay 5, 2012
  3. Scott ChaconMay 5, 2012
  4. Josh JuranMay 5, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2012
  6. Felipe ContrerasMay 5, 2012
  7. Scott ChaconMay 5, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2012
  9. Felipe ContrerasMay 6, 2012
  10. Scott ChaconMay 6, 2012
  11. Philip OakleyMay 6, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2012
  14. Andreas SchwabMay 8, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2012
  16. Andrew SayersMay 5, 2012
  17. Felipe ContrerasMay 5, 2012
  18. Philip OakleyMay 5, 2012
  19. Neal KreitzingerMay 6, 2012
  20. Neal KreitzingerMay 6, 2012
  21. Matthieu MoyMay 6, 2012
  22. Scott ChaconMay 6, 2012
  23. Christian CouderMay 7, 2012
  24. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 7, 2012
  25. A Large Angry SCMMay 7, 2012
  26. Matthieu MoyMay 7, 2012
  27. Heiko VoigtMay 9, 2012
  28. Antonio OspiteMay 8, 2012

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