- Add a basic example of how "git add" is normally used
- It's not technically true that you *must* use the `add` command to
add changes before running `git commit`, because `git commit -a`
exists. Instead say that you *can* use the `add` command.
- Mention early on that "index" is another word for "staging area",
since Git very rarely uses the word "index" in its output
(`git status`) uses the term "staged", and many Git users are
unfamiliar with the term "index"
- Remove "It typically adds" (it's not clear what "typically" means),
and instead mention that `git add -p` can be used to add
partial contents
- Currently the introduction is somewhat repetitive ("to prepare the
content staged for the next commit" ... "this snapshot that is taken
as the contents of the next commit."), replace with a single sentence
("The "index" [...] is where Git stores the contents of the next
commit.")
Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>