[PATCH v2 4/4] doc: git-add: explain inconsistent terminology
From: Julia Evans via GitGitGadget <hidden>
Date: 2025-08-13 23:20:25
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documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
From: Julia Evans <redacted> I think the fact that git uses these three terms interchangeably is extremely confusing and that it deserves to be noted. Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <redacted> --- Documentation/git-add.adoc | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.adoc b/Documentation/git-add.adoc
index 6a6f5223419f..0b887e1d60ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.adoc@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ exact filename of an ignored file (e.g. `git add ignored.txt`), `git add` will fail with a list of ignored files. Otherwise it will silently ignore the file. +[NOTE] +Git uses the terms "staging area", "index" and "cache" interchangeably +for historical reasons. + OPTIONS ------- `<pathspec>...`::
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