Re: [1.8.0] use 'stage' term consistently

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I didn't necessarily wanted to use "stage", it is "sad" because a
>> new word-hunt may be needed for a replacement to "index" (as "stage" may
>> not be a good word for i18n audience), and then we would need to keep
>> "index", "stage" and that third word as interchangeable terms.
>>
>> Spliting the userbase by introducing a new form to an established
>> terminology was bad enough, and making that three is worse.
>
> I don't think that line of reasoning makes sense at all....
> We should be picking terms that make the most sense in English, and
> then translators will translate those into whatever makes the most
> sense in their language.

OK.
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