From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miles Bader Subject: Re: Consistent terminology: cached/staged/index Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:21:40 +0900 Message-ID: <87bp1xest7.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <20110213193738.GA26868@elie> <7v8vxjwnhj.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <20110214231920.GA24814@elie> <20110227084317.GB3356@sigill.intra.peff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: Felipe Contreras , Jonathan Nieder , Piotr Krukowiecki , Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff King X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Feb 27 10:22:07 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PtcpK-0000si-QB for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:22:07 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751891Ab1B0JWC (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:22:02 -0500 Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:46146 "EHLO smtp12.dentaku.gol.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751849Ab1B0JV6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:21:58 -0500 Received: from 218.231.234.87.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.234.87] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) (envelope-from ) id 1Ptcov-0007j6-Sa; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:21:41 +0900 Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0C102DFA0; Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:21:41 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <20110227084317.GB3356@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Sun, 27 Feb 2011 03:43:17 -0500") X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Jeff King writes: > 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. Agreed. "Staging area" is a good noun (phrase) for this. "Stage" is a good verb (for "move into the staging area"), but isn't intuitive as a noun. -miles -- In New York, most people don't have cars, so if you want to kill a person, you have to take the subway to their house. And sometimes on the way, the train is delayed and you get impatient, so you have to kill someone on the subway. [George Carlin]