From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DD771F42D for ; Wed, 23 May 2018 09:06:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932112AbeEWJGC (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2018 05:06:02 -0400 Received: from cpanel4.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.9]:49452 "EHLO cpanel4.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932096AbeEWJGB (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2018 05:06:01 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Subject:cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=/zUqyBmBRD6ILRHn68U3TqFIm/RdQDGe8VgPef9A5Sw=; b=Q8zQBFlTUzEOWQz+EpD1g4HaB lDHTvhpofhcYh3C2qN/igD+ethfp13wCid+iV6uZRDa7Wws3pX392CPTCHE7CdzdFMGlUmRc06p4a 3oIaV1kLvJi5kJF+Y1g0iOKkWWkZ78bjsZx+mdM0S8bS4GToaS881NGMsG6aKGDu6K3PwXmsmuWAX 5rJcsq/XWAf+nYMnVrYNBWd35wwLfKDjkUW323+j+c3SVU51hDXuxLjhMOHjLURZ5DsdA8NjYPTcz BHY7EdZsHnNqMGB8DeVgBRI2h4kHyX/Peu06ffmKsamQ0njpkMWzgj+5uFbihU7FEEPrv8skhzHIC ozk/hoiNQ==; Received: from cpec03f0ed08c7f-cm68b6fcf980b0.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.118.92.171]:45166 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel4.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1fLPiY-009NEY-7W; Wed, 23 May 2018 05:05:59 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 05:04:21 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Junio C Hamano cc: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?=C6var_Arnfj=F6r=F0_Bjarmason?= , Git Mailing list Subject: Re: should config options be treated as case-sensitive? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <87h8mz99d2.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel4.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel4.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel4.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 23 May 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Robert P. J. Day" writes: > > >> If the documention does not make it clear, then we have > >> documentation bug ... > > > > personally, i would add a short, really emphatic note at the top of > > "man git-config" pointing this out -- i wouldn't require people to > > read all the way down to "Syntax" to learn this. an example just like > > the one you provide above would be perfect, with an extra line > > pointing out that the documentation uses "camel case" for nothing more > > than readability. > > Unfortunately, that line of thinking leads us to madness, as you are > exhibiting the typical symptom of "my today's immediate itch is the > most important one in the world"-itis. Tomorrow you would start > saying that we must have a short, really emphatic note at the top > that says that the second level name can even have spaces, and on > the day after that, you would instead have a note that says that you > cannot use an underscore in the name, and continuing that line of > thought will lead us to fill the top part of the documentation with > 47 different short and emphatic sentences. Let's not go there. fair enough, point taken. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca/dokuwiki Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================