Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/2] New 'stage' command

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> This is the list of actions I've mapped:
>>>
>>>  * add: git stage = git stage add (git add)
>>>  * rm: (git rm --cached)
>>>  * diff: (git rm --cached)
>>>  * import: stage all files; modified, deleted, new
>>>  * ls: (git ls-files --stage)
>>
>> I do not think these are good ideas at all, as it just spreads more
>> confusion, not less.
>
> Do you agree that there's already a lot of confusion? (stage, cache,
> index, etc.)
>
> And do you agree that many git newbies don't use the stage? Actually
> most of them don't even know what it is, and just do "git commit -a".
>
> If so, how do you think these issues should be handled?

Perhaps not spreading "stage" even wider?  That is the newest confusing
term that caused the most harm.