From: Julia Evans <julia@xxxxxxx> 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 <julia@xxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-add.adoc | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.adoc b/Documentation/git-add.adoc index 77cadbfee8e3..084342155f8b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-add.adoc @@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ 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. +TERMINOLOGY NOTE +---------------- + +Git uses the terms "staging area", "index" and "cache" interchangeably +for historical reasons. Many commands have flags like `--staged`, +`--index`, or `--cached`, and they all refer to the index. + OPTIONS ------- `<pathspec>...`:: -- gitgitgadget
