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That makes me sad. This termainology is really one of the major flaws of git, along with the checkout/reset thing
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Are those three really all the same things? That seems crazy to have all three not consolidated.
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I understand there's friction in contributing to git, but it's absolutely possible to improve the docs:

Contributions from jvns:

https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Agit%2Fgit+jvns&type=commi...

Here she explains how she did it:

https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/01/08/a-data-model-for-git/

Contributions I've made:

https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Agit%2Fgit+jaysoffian+docu...

Generically:

https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Agit%2Fgit+documentation&t...

Do you have a link to your proposal on the git mailing list?

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