On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 4:42 AM, Jeff King <p...@peff.net> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 01:49:20PM +0530, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote: > > > What about, "not making any assumptions" about what the user would > > think when he views the output of `git status` ? Why not try some > > general messages like, > > > > * Staged changes > > * Unstaged changes > > > > instead of the messages such as > > > > * Changes to be committed, Changes already in the index > > * Changes not staged for commit, Changes not yet in the index > > > > which seem to make assumptions about the user who view the output ? > > Saying just "staged changes" is definitely accurate. I don't know if > some users would find that too terse, too. The phrase "not staged for > commit" gives more information if you don't know what "staged" means in > the Git world.
Perhaps there should be a message pointing people at documentation explaining the index and staging terminology? Offhand, this is something I was wondering about the other day - has there ever been a discussion of what level of proficiency Git expects of its users? > -Peff
