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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add support for url aliases in config files

From
しらいしななこ <nanako3@bluebottle.com>
Date
Feb 20, 2008, 22:02 UTC
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<200802202203.m1KM37aR012221@mi1.bluebottle.com>
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Quoting Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:
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> 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".
Isn't what you mean to say "A stands for B and C"?
-- 
Nanako Shiraishi
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  1. 2/2 Add support for url aliases in config filesDaniel Barkalow, Feb 20, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2008
  3. Daniel BarkalowFeb 20, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2008
  5. Jay SoffianFeb 20, 2008
  6. Daniel BarkalowFeb 20, 2008
  7. しらいしななこFeb 20, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinFeb 20, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2008
  10. Jay SoffianFeb 21, 2008
  11. Linus TorvaldsFeb 21, 2008
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  13. Daniel BarkalowFeb 21, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2008
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