From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff King Subject: Re: What is missing from Git v2.0 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:24:59 -0400 Message-ID: <20140425182459.GA29329@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <5358bae8ab550_1f7b143d31037@nysa.notmuch> <877g6fb2h6.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <5358ca1a55a69_1f7b143d3101c@nysa.notmuch> <20140424134106.GA27035@thunk.org> <20140424195559.GA1336@luc-arch> <5359c9d612298_771c15f72f02a@nysa.notmuch> <20140425133520.GC11124@thunk.org> <535a9f375e196_3984aa530c46@nysa.notmuch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: Theodore Ts'o , Philippe Vaucher , Javier Domingo Cansino , Git Mailing List To: Felipe Contreras X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Apr 25 20:25:18 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WdkoH-0000ZV-1Z for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 20:25:17 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754206AbaDYSZI (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:25:08 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([50.56.180.127]:38479 "HELO peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753832AbaDYSZC (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:25:02 -0400 Received: (qmail 19908 invoked by uid 102); 25 Apr 2014 18:25:01 -0000 Received: from c-71-63-4-13.hsd1.va.comcast.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (71.63.4.13) (smtp-auth username relayok, mechanism cram-md5) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with ESMTPA; Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:25:01 -0500 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:24:59 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <535a9f375e196_3984aa530c46@nysa.notmuch> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 12:45:27PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote: > When I say literally everbody agreed to move away from the name "index" (except > Junio and another guy) I mean it. I even composed a list: > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/233469 > > Jeff King, Jonathan Nieder, Matthieu Moy, they all agreed. With reference to my name, your email says: Jeff King: "staging area" makes perfect sense But here's that statement in context[1]: So the term "staging area" makes perfect sense to me; it is where we collect changes to make a commit. I am willing to accept that does not to others (native English speakers or no), and that we may need to come up with a better term. But I think just calling it "the stage" is even worse; it loses the concept that it is a place for collecting and organizing. In other words, I was saying that the term makes sense to me, and primarily comparing favorably to a worse proposal. I am not commenting at all on a plan to change names, which is what you are claiming above. I do think the term "staging area" is fine, but picking a term is only step one of a plan. The rest is deciding how to make the change, and whether it is worth it. I remain undecided on the latter bits. Please don't quote me out of context in a way that implies that I am decided. -Peff [1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/168012