Re: [PATCH 2/2] pretty: add '%aA' to show domain-part of email addresses

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Oct 30, 2023, 09:10 UTC
Message-ID: <20231030091011.GB84866@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <9a1e3e90-3e94-41fa-897d-5c64c4a42871@gmail.com>

On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 07:58:31AM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote:

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> > I chose the "a" for "address", but I'm not sold on %aa either.
> > I just couldn't find anything better that wasn't already taken.
> > 
> > What about "a@"?
> 
> Makes sense, and I suppose there's "%G?" as precedent for using a symbol
> rather than letter in these.

This is pretty subjective, but I somehow find "%a@" hard to parse visually (despite the fact that yes, "%G?" already crossed that bridge). But I think the real nail in the coffin is your later comment that we cannot use capitalization to make the raw/mailmap distinction.

> If that's not suitable though, how about "m" for "mail domain"? It also
> immediately follows "l" for "local-part" in the alphabet.

FWIW, that makes sense to me over "a" (though admittedly it is not really any less vague than "a", so it really might vary from person to person).

-Peff