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 | 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>...`:: -- gitgitgadget
