Junio C Hamano wrote: > - We keep the word "index", and not reword it to "stage" in the > names of commands and options. "to stage" is very good verb > to explain the _concept_, but there is no need to use > inconsistent wording Porcelain-ish and plumbing use to > describe the entity used for staging. > > (1) New people need to learn the new concept anyway, and they > are intelligent enough to learn what that new concept has > been called for a long time in git-land at the same time. > > "The index" is the receiver of new contents to be staged; > conversely, "to stage" is the act of registering contents > to the index. I think we should refer to "the index" as "the staging area [for commits]", at least the first time (it is a bit longish to use it later). -- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland ShadeHawk on #git - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html