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Re: [1.8.0] use 'stage' term consistently

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
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May 9, 2012, 17:25 UTC
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Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> The word "index" is quite well understood: that which points at the
>> information given a headword that refers to it, which is exactly what the
>> "index" we have is. On the other hand, "to stage/staging area" is not as
>> widely used outside the narrow shipping/logistics circles.
>
> That's what git has, *internally*, but that's not how high-level users
> interact with it.

I agree with that. Explaining users that the <whatever you call it> is the place where you stage content in preparation for the next commit is much more productive than explaining that it is an array of (name, sha1sum) pairs.

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  12. Matthieu MoyMay 6, 2012
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  15. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2012
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  20. Felipe ContrerasMay 9, 2012
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  22. Mark LodatoMay 19, 2012
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  25. Felipe ContrerasMay 20, 2012
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  27. Philip OakleyMay 19, 2012
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  29. Jonathan NiederMay 20, 2012
  30. Junio C HamanoMay 20, 2012
  31. Felipe ContrerasMay 21, 2012
  32. Jonathan NiederMay 21, 2012
  33. Thiago FarinaMay 18, 2012
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