On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 01:49:20PM +0530, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote: > What about, "not making any assumptions" about what the user would > think when he views the output of `git status` ? Why not try some > general messages like, > > * Staged changes > * Unstaged changes > > instead of the messages such as > > * Changes to be committed, Changes already in the index > * Changes not staged for commit, Changes not yet in the index > > which seem to make assumptions about the user who view the output ? Saying just "staged changes" is definitely accurate. I don't know if some users would find that too terse, too. The phrase "not staged for commit" gives more information if you don't know what "staged" means in the Git world. -Peff