From: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
To: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, ps@pks.im, gitster@pobox.com,
jltobler@gmail.com, avila.jn@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] CodingGuidelines: instruct to name arrays in singular
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:43:17 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <776CC19F-6FF2-478A-A454-F62F9EB09ED5@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cRHm1vDABoHNKiuBRRsvk90Z1qGeeu3DT3VHdzEfJeP=g@mail.gmail.com>
> While this is generally true on this project, it is nevertheless
> incomplete. More specifically, the singular form is used for an array
> name in cases when the individual items of the array are the typical
> subject of use, for instance, when the consumer of the array is
> walking the dogs one at a time. However, there are cases in which the
> array is generally employed as a whole, rather than as its unit parts,
> in which the plural form for the name is preferable. An example would
> be when walking all the dogs at the same time.
Thanks, Eric!
You explanation was very clear, and I'll use parts of it in the next
version, giving credits to you, of course.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-22 21:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-18 21:08 [PATCH 0/8] repo: refactoring leftover nits Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-18 21:08 ` [PATCH 1/8] CodingGuidelines: instruct to name arrays in singular Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-19 3:29 ` Eric Sunshine
2026-02-22 21:43 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro [this message]
2026-02-18 21:08 ` [PATCH 2/8] repo: rename repo_info_fields to repo_info_field Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-18 21:08 ` [PATCH 3/8] repo: replace get_value_fn_for_key by get_repo_info_field Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-18 21:08 ` [PATCH 4/8] repo: rename struct field to repo_info_field Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-18 21:08 ` [PATCH 5/8] t1900: rename t1900-repo to t1900-repo-info Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-18 21:08 ` [PATCH 6/8] t1901: use tr in git repo structure output instead of expected value Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-20 10:12 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-22 22:35 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-18 21:08 ` [PATCH 7/8] Documentation/git-repo: replace 'NUL' with '_NUL_' Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-18 21:08 ` [PATCH 8/8] Documentation/git-repo: capitalize format descriptions Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-25 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] repo: refactoring leftover nits Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-25 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] CodingGuidelines: instruct to name arrays in singular Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-25 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] repo: rename repo_info_fields to repo_info_field Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-25 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] repo: replace get_value_fn_for_key by get_repo_info_field Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-25 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] repo: rename struct field to repo_info_field Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-25 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] t1900: rename t1900-repo to t1900-repo-info Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-25 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] t1901: adjust nul format output instead of expected value Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-25 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] Documentation/git-repo: replace 'NUL' with '_NUL_' Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-25 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] Documentation/git-repo: capitalize format descriptions Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-25 18:43 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] repo: refactoring leftover nits Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-02-25 19:51 ` Junio C Hamano
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