Jakub Narębski [off-list ref] writes:
I don't think adding technical terms that the user won't encounter in
the documentation or among messages that Git outputs would be not a good
idea. It could confuse users, rather than help them.
Conversely, perhaps we should add Documentation/technical/glossary.txt
to help developers.
Thanks for a thoughtful suggestion to help the target audience. I
agree 100% with the above two paragraphs.