From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: [PATCH] make 'git add' a first class user friendly interface to the index Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:52:33 +0100 Organization: At home Message-ID: References: <7vpsb36yem.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 09:50:56 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-81-190-24-209.torun.mm.pl Mail-Copies-To: jnareb@gmail.com User-Agent: KNode/0.10.2 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GqRWH-0004e1-1T for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:50:53 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1162879AbWLBJuu convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 04:50:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1162880AbWLBJuu (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 04:50:50 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:55966 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1162879AbWLBJut (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Dec 2006 04:50:49 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GqRWB-0004dH-MQ for git@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:50:47 +0100 Received: from host-81-190-24-209.torun.mm.pl ([81.190.24.209]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:50:47 +0100 Received: from jnareb by host-81-190-24-209.torun.mm.pl with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:50:47 +0100 To: git@vger.kernel.org Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Junio C Hamano wrote: > =A0- We keep the word "index", and not reword it to "stage" in the > =A0 =A0names of commands and options. =A0"to stage" is very good verb > =A0 =A0to explain the _concept_, but there is no need to use > =A0 =A0inconsistent wording Porcelain-ish and plumbing use to > =A0 =A0describe the entity used for staging. >=20 > =A0 =A0(1) New people need to learn the new concept anyway, and they > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0are intelligent enough to learn what that new concept = has > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0been called for a long time in git-land at the same ti= me. >=20 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"The index" is the receiver of new contents to be stag= ed; > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0conversely, "to stage" is the act of registering conte= nts > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0to the index. I think we should refer to "the index" as "the staging area [for commit= s]", at least the first time (it is a bit longish to use it later). --=20 Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland ShadeHawk on #git