From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/2] New 'stage' command Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:33:26 -0700 Message-ID: <7v7i1yrj3t.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <1238939331-10152-1-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> <7vmyausz3h.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <94a0d4530904051228m4e57ec90y810dded41f47e443@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Felipe Contreras X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Apr 05 21:39:09 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LqY81-0005n7-2g for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:35:37 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756813AbZDETde convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Apr 2009 15:33:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756770AbZDETdd (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Apr 2009 15:33:33 -0400 Received: from a-sasl-quonix.sasl.smtp.pobox.com ([208.72.237.25]:54713 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756345AbZDETdc convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Apr 2009 15:33:32 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-sasl-quonix.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 929B7CB26; Sun, 5 Apr 2009 15:33:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [68.225.240.211]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-sasl-quonix.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EDA0CCB25; Sun, 5 Apr 2009 15:33:27 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <94a0d4530904051228m4e57ec90y810dded41f47e443@mail.gmail.com> (Felipe Contreras's message of "Sun, 5 Apr 2009 22:28:24 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: A4BA0F18-2218-11DE-A1ED-DD19768B9EAE-77302942!a-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: =46elipe Contreras writes: > On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Junio C Hamano w= rote: >> Felipe Contreras writes: >> >>> This is the list of actions I've mapped: >>> >>> =C2=A0* add: git stage =3D git stage add (git add) >>> =C2=A0* rm: (git rm --cached) >>> =C2=A0* diff: (git rm --cached) >>> =C2=A0* import: stage all files; modified, deleted, new >>> =C2=A0* 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.