From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Introduce config variable "diff.primer" Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:56:47 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <1233598855-1088-1-git-send-email-keith@cs.ucla.edu> <1233598855-1088-2-git-send-email-keith@cs.ucla.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org To: Keith Cascio X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Feb 03 19:58:40 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LUQTn-0006Nb-5q for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:58:39 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752916AbZBCS4w (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:56:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751525AbZBCS4v (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:56:51 -0500 Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.189]:32386 "EHLO ti-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751387AbZBCS4u (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:56:50 -0500 Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b6so1114700tic.23 for ; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:56:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received :x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:from:date :in-reply-to:message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=qVDxMeRTz30pHZN9IZhyl6AvaRo0Y7tLyTid2jfdsPw=; b=iB0cTkhjXvIl1/8jh0yKtu4yg6y81LdOxXrNQHbmc+dedjCwyqLfJYIT9tqs1VXTjC C2dN1xS7nct1x9RLHkE8nSBFJ65T1JhPKlgkXxckeaiAd7rbhEMSO4t1IzKsLu0eMMts b/12+h7r9CtQkrhBgl2VWQC2v+f0gexCNOI60= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:from:date :in-reply-to:message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=YKcHd+KlER2iJr5xocYZC8xpHX+AAz89LoQrmCJPyKnUrXw2OF5pKtuOuijQ/FrOVI /B9QvMFQ198/DWUMP45qmkl/j2A8rz12vFktmp6PMvgYGht/ZsA01WJfaUP1jsVfYTey 8Y33OyPMn1CReCVgmCOk6m+mBxSGRP4dWrWaA= Received: by 10.110.43.16 with SMTP id q16mr8711503tiq.7.1233687408695; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:56:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (abvf78.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl [83.8.203.78]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 22sm540997tim.35.2009.02.03.10.56.42 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:56:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id n13IubJT024612; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 19:56:37 +0100 Received: (from jnareb@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id n13IuXvm024609; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 19:56:33 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jnareb set sender to jnareb@gmail.com using -f In-Reply-To: <1233598855-1088-2-git-send-email-keith@cs.ucla.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Keith Cascio writes: > Introduce config variable "diff.primer". I still think that naming this configuration variable (or configuration section in the reverse primer.diff) 'primer' is not a good idea, because it is quite obscure and not well known word. In computer related context I have seen it only when talking about introductory / novice / basic level documentation ('primer (textbook)' meaning). Git user, who might be not a native English speaker, shouldn't have to look up in dictionary what it is about... I think that 'defaults' or 'options' would be a much better name. -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git