On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 02:57:15 +, Karsten Blees wrote:
...
The latter. I don't know about 'broader', but I'll try to summarize _my_
world view:
(1) Audience matters
For actual users, we need an accurate model that supports a variety of use
cases without falling apart. IMO, a working
Karsten Blees wrote:
(2) Index
An index, as in a library, maps almost perfectly to what the git index is
_and_ what we do with it.
Not really. An index in the context of a library, and in any other context, is
a tool that indicates where something is, in order to find it quickly.
That is
Am 19.10.2013 16:08, schrieb Philip Oakley:
From: Karsten Blees karsten.bl...@gmail.com
Am 15.10.2013 00:29, schrieb Felipe Contreras:
tl;dr: everyone except Junio C Hamano and Drew Northup agrees; we
should move
away from the name the index.
It has been discussed many times in the past
From: Karsten Blees karsten.bl...@gmail.com
Am 15.10.2013 00:29, schrieb Felipe Contreras:
tl;dr: everyone except Junio C Hamano and Drew Northup agrees; we
should move
away from the name the index.
It has been discussed many times in the past that 'index' is not an
appropriate description for
I'm lacking time to read and answer in detail, sorry.
Junio C Hamano gits...@pobox.com writes:
It must be done is different from any change is good, as long as
it introduces more instances of word 'stage'.
I agree. Something must be done, at least to remove the cache Vs index
confusion. I'm
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Matthieu Moy
matthieu@grenoble-inp.fr wrote:
I'm lacking time to read and answer in detail, sorry.
Junio C Hamano gits...@pobox.com writes:
It must be done is different from any change is good, as long as
it introduces more instances of word 'stage'.
I
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 4:46 AM, Matthieu Moy
matthieu@grenoble-inp.fr wrote:
I'm lacking time to read and answer in detail, sorry.
Junio C Hamano gits...@pobox.com writes:
It must be done is different from any change is good, as long as
it introduces more instances of word 'stage'.
I
On 17.10.2013, at 21:50, Junio C Hamano gits...@pobox.com wrote:
Felipe Contreras felipe.contre...@gmail.com writes:
[...]
However, since you asked, I would share a couple of comments
regarding the index, cache and staging area.
(1) Staging area.
The phrase staging area is not an
Am 15.10.2013 00:29, schrieb Felipe Contreras:
tl;dr: everyone except Junio C Hamano and Drew Northup agrees; we should move
away from the name the index.
It has been discussed many times in the past that 'index' is not an
appropriate description for what the high-level user does with it,
Karsten Blees wrote:
Am 15.10.2013 00:29, schrieb Felipe Contreras:
tl;dr: everyone except Junio C Hamano and Drew Northup agrees; we should
move
away from the name the index.
It has been discussed many times in the past that 'index' is not an
appropriate description for what the
Felipe Contreras felipe.contre...@gmail.com writes:
Junio, can you make an exception and reply to this thread? The change
to move away from the term the index has been suggested many times
since many years ago, it is an extremely important change to users,
and all the Git developers agree it
Junio C Hamano wrote:
Felipe Contreras felipe.contre...@gmail.com writes:
Junio, can you make an exception and reply to this thread? The change
to move away from the term the index has been suggested many times
since many years ago, it is an extremely important change to users,
and all
tl;dr: everyone except Junio C Hamano and Drew Northup agrees; we should move
away from the name the index.
It has been discussed many times in the past that 'index' is not an
appropriate description for what the high-level user does with it, and
it has been agreed that 'staging area' is the best
On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Felipe Contreras
felipe.contre...@gmail.com wrote:
tl;dr: everyone except Junio C Hamano and Drew Northup agrees; we should move
away from the name the index.
Junio, can you make an exception and reply to this thread? The change
to move away from the term the
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