Re: [PATCH] Implement git-staged, an alias for 'git diff --cached'.

Hi,

Johannes Schindelin wrote:

So saying "this is what aliases are for" you ask for _newbies_ to add it 
for themselves.  We are talking the same newbies who should be helped by 
that command, and typically do not know that there are Git aliases yet.

I'm not sure if yet more commands really help newbies.

I *see* the problem that talking about the index, the cache and the staging
area can be difficult to newbies.  But then I'd rather vote for "git diff
--staged" (instead of --cached) or "git show --staged" (both make sense
in some way).
Perhaps it is even sufficient to add a help text to "git status", like
this:

 # Changes to be committed:
 #   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
+#   (use "git diff --cached" to see a diff of staged files)

For me, a "git staged" feels wrong without a "git stage" (alias for
"git add") and "git unstage <file>" (alias for "git reset <file>").
And I think the list of examples can easily be continued.

Regards,
  Stephan

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