Re: [git-users] "Index file" -- what is it?

2015-11-04 Thread Michael
So, I now know a lot more about git, the staging area, git reset, etc. Thank you. And, I'm starting to understand a big point of confusion for me. keybounceMBP:realisticfluids michael$ git status On branch PrepAlpha3.3 Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/PrepAlpha3.3'. nothing to commit, work

Re: [git-users] "Index file" -- what is it?

2015-11-03 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Tue, 3 Nov 2015 14:42:33 +0300 Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: [...] > [1] and [2] -- in this order -- are good at explaining what the > staging area is all about. [...] > 1. https://jwiegley.github.io/git-from-the-bottom-up/ > 2. https://git-scm.com/blog/2011/07/11/reset.html You might also be i

Re: [git-users] "Index file" -- what is it?

2015-11-03 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Sun, 1 Nov 2015 12:31:59 -0800 Michael wrote: > So I'm starting to be aware that the "index file" isn't a file, but > effectively a full commit that isn't finalized. > > Can someone point me to a good explanation of what the index actually > is, and is not, so I'm not trying to understand it