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The Staging Area and the Commit Cycle

This generated surface maps a learner-facing curriculum unit to its canonical source routes.

Curriculum surface​

  • Open learner-facing unit
  • Curriculum path: content/curriculum/foundations/pre-semester-launchpad/module-03-git-fundamentals/concepts/cluster-01-git-foundations/02-staging-and-snapshots-supporting.md
  • App: foundations
  • Semester: pre-semester-launchpad
  • Module: module-03-git-fundamentals
  • Unit kind: concept
  • Curation level: module_curated

Learning objectives​

  • Explain The Staging Area and the Commit Cycle in the language of the current curriculum, not just the source book.
  • Apply The Staging Area and the Commit Cycle to one concrete learner task or example inside this semester.
  • Use git-from-the-bottom-up, pro-git as a selective source of truth when the learner-facing explanation is not enough.

Prerequisites​

  • Comfort navigating files and editing text from Module 02.
  • A local repository or sandbox where mistakes are acceptable.

Source books​

  • git-from-the-bottom-up
  • pro-git

Source routes​

Git From The Bottom Up​

Pro Git​

  • /books/pro-git via Pro Git chunk 006, Pro Git chunk 010, Pro Git chunk 011, Pro Git chunk 012

Supporting curriculum routes​

No supporting curriculum routes linked yet.

External enrichment​

  • Pro Git: What is Git? (read_if_stuck) - Best reinforcement for the core snapshot/history model before learners memorize individual commands.
  • Git Documentation Reference (official_docs_companion) - Use when the next step is command accuracy rather than more conceptual explanation.

AI companion modes​

  • Explain simply
  • Socratic tutor
  • Quiz me
  • Challenge my understanding
  • Diagnose my confusion

Source-of-truth note​

This teaching unit is learner-facing guidance assembled from multiple canonical book routes. Use the listed source books as the primary conceptual spine for The Staging Area and the Commit Cycle, and treat outside material as supporting enrichment only.