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From: "Jay Soffian" <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add support for url aliases in config files
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:54:42 -0500
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On Feb 20, 2008 2:42 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Yeah, that "aka" is still disturbing.
>
>         [url A]
>                 aka = B
>
> would read to me: "A is also known as B" but that is clearly not
> what it means here.  You would want this:
>
>         [url A]
>                 aka = B
>                 aka = C
>
> to mean "B is also known as A.  C is also known as A."  IOW, you
> are using it backwards, because their name is more official and
> you are using your own unofficial name to call it.
>
> Sorry, but I cannot think of a better way to resolve this, other
> than by spelling the keyword backwards, but that still makes it
> "aka".

I dunno, I find this eminently clear:

        [url A]
                alias = B
                alias = C

B and C are aliases for A. How else could you read that?

j.