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Re: [PATCH] git-diff: Add --staged as a synonym for --cached.

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 29, 2008, 17:06 UTC
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Hi,
On Wed, 29 Oct 2008, David Symonds wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hmm. I wonder if it would make it more sense to make the "official" 
> > name --staged, and leave --cached forever as a synonym. If the goal is 
> > giving sane names to end users, then we should probably advertise the 
> > sane ones.
> 
> I agree. If there's some consensus, I can make that shift, keeping 
> --cached as a backward-compatibility synonym.
Yes, I would like that, too.

However, note that we have to hash out what to do about the convention that --cached traditionally means that only the staging area (formerly known as "the index") is affected, while --index means that the command touches the working directory, too.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. git-diff: Add --staged as a synonym for --cached.David Symonds, Oct 29, 2008
  2. Jeff KingOct 29, 2008
  3. David SymondsOct 29, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinOct 29, 2008
  5. Jeff KingOct 29, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2008
  7. Jeff KingNov 3, 2008
  8. Björn SteinbrinkNov 2, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2008
  10. Björn SteinbrinkNov 2, 2008
  11. Jeff KingNov 3, 2008
  12. David SymondsNov 10, 2008
  13. Jeff KingNov 11, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2008
  15. Jeff KingNov 11, 2008
  16. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2008
  17. Avery PennarunNov 11, 2008
  18. Miles BaderNov 11, 2008
  19. Jeff KingNov 12, 2008
  20. Johannes SchindelinNov 12, 2008
  21. Jeff KingNov 12, 2008
  22. Avery PennarunNov 12, 2008
  23. Jeff KingNov 12, 2008
  24. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2008
  25. Jeff KingNov 12, 2008
  26. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2008
  27. Avery PennarunNov 12, 2008
  28. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2008
  29. Avery PennarunNov 12, 2008

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