On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 6:32 PM, David A. Wheeler <dwheeler@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Change the documentation of git-add so that it consistently uses
> the phrase "staging area". The current git documentation uses
> inconsistent terminology ("index", "cache", and "staging area").
> This commit switches git-add's documentation to consistently use
> the phrase "staging area", which is higher-level and should be less
> confusing for new users.
>
I know we've used various terms for this concept across a lot of the
documentation. However, I was under the impression that we most
explicitly used "index" rather than "staging area".
Additionally, I think there are many other locations which
consistently use "index" as the term already.
Thanks,
Jake
