Hi Mark, Thanks for pointing me to 'git-rm --cached'. > The changes are "cached" in the "Index". But I wouldn't name > the "Index" really a "Cache" because it is a lot more. All > comments for --cached in the manpages mention the Index > mechanism. Additionally there is a more detailed introduction > to the Index in section 7 (Git concepts) of the Git User's > Manual Funny the first example shows the contents of the index using a '--stage' flag. $ git ls-files --stage ... Note that in older documentation you may see the index called the "current directory cache" or just the "cache". http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html#the-index To my ear, the term cache is a volatile space used for optimization, while an index is a pointer or reference within a data structure. Neither are obvious concerns of an end user and using both terms is plain confusing. Staging implies something more tangible and useful to the end user. Cheers, Alex -- [ alex@xxxxxxxxxx ][ http://genaud.net ] [ B068 ED90 F47B 0965 2953 9FC3 EE9C C4D5 3E51 A207 ] -- 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
