Glossary term
What is staging area (Staging area (index))?
staging area stands for Staging area (index).
The place where you collect the changes that will go into the next commit.
Learn it properly · Git & GitHubLesson 0: The Mental Model: Snapshots, Commits and BranchesThe working tree, the staging area and the repository, how a commit is a snapshot with a parent, and how branches and HEAD are just pointers.