From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: Aw: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Change old system name 'GIT' to 'Git' Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:08:33 -0800 Message-ID: <7vvcark1f2.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <775908345.1391972.1358713010522.JavaMail.ngmail@webmail12.arcor-online.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: davvid@gmail.com, git@vger.kernel.org To: Thomas Ackermann X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Jan 20 22:09:01 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Tx28P-0004fw-OH for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:08:58 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752486Ab3ATVIh (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:08:37 -0500 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:65383 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752476Ab3ATVIg (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:08:36 -0500 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB1D8A733; Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:08:35 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=fftrDv1zfE7LeP/ZZ76ulnxMbec=; b=bvurmA e39SBdkuf/xl9XXRLdO8lIlgAwu/+7jlPlTqFyatSSEgmn6D2bba3no3zZFMbrFe i2QsRdJaVWWyODY3swOFI4nsUJRVT6Vjoww0lkm9HuJQi3Jgj7qKeoPcFaP9pFNA X6rrX1soSli0vgsi7noTSxPfKueyWmg+ggJUw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=QHupb9vYuK7ut/RjL7SkbuPzrFv6gMLw cci7d8FluETC0rxdEOJGjo6ylC/y/y7xNnGzzgRG5/WGjB+mI99T3o5S+dVUd8+y QaQgrmC9DOv/s/nSxCw7nT4tNKN3PywwBa5bEdqWSPrzG8uzGYgsqjAMPngEIDyP wNcA9Mp1uX8= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7E7EA732; Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:08:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [98.234.214.94]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6CBD3A730; Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:08:35 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <775908345.1391972.1358713010522.JavaMail.ngmail@webmail12.arcor-online.net> (Thomas Ackermann's message of "Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:16:50 +0100 (CET)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 8DA0994C-6345-11E2-873C-F0CE2E706CDE-77302942!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Thomas Ackermann writes: >> If I were to decide today to change the spellings, with an explicit >> purpose of making things more consistent across documentation, it >> may make sense to use even a simpler rule that is less error-prone >> for people who write new sentences that has to have the word. How >> about treating it just like any other ordinary word? That is, we >> say "git" (without double-quotes, of course), unless it comes at the >> beginning of a sentence? >> > > The widely used books on Git by Scott Chacon or Jon Loeliger (and > many others) are using 'Git' instead of 'git' when talking about the > whole system. So IMHO it would not be wise to change our internal > documentation from using 'GIT'/'Git' to using 'git'. The internal > documentation should be a natural continuation of these books > by content and style. That argument is going the other way around (we _are_ the authoritative source). But I am OK with "Git" as a proper noun (which always begins with capital letter), using "git" only when it is something the user would type. Just come up with a simple-to-explain rule so that people will have no doubt which one to use in their new text and stick to it. Thanks.