Re: [PATCH] glossary: use "object ID" as the canonical term

["Julia Evans" <julia@jvns.ca>]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2026, at 3:18 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I can't speak for Julia, but I read her attempt here to clarify things
>> in line with the ways folks usually use "ID" vs. "name." Of course we
>> don't always want to let what other people say dictate our
>> terminology, but in cases where we can make things easier for folks to
>> understand by using vocabulary in line with their expectations rather
>> than subverting it, I think that's a worthy goal.
>
> That goes both ways.  You can tell that to those who are subverting
> terminology that have clearly been documented for the past 20 years
> in our official glossary ;-).

I'll only say that I genuinely thought this might be a fairly
uncontroversial change. Obviously I was wrong about that :)

I'll drop this.

- Julia