From: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 02:25:46 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Use "allowlist" and "denylist" tree-wide
Message-ID: <52d432b9-acda-16dc-2536-9b6c66279836@github.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqedyoabqp.fsf@gitster.g>

On 7/13/2022 6:28 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> If we can rephrase without using these invented words, we should do
> so, especially when the result becomes even easier to read than the
> original that used "whitelist".  I've shown a few examples in my
> other messages in this thread.

Based on those examples, I agree that the best thing to do is to
rephrase to avoid the term altogether. This avoids confusion when
the reader does not know the term, as well as sometimes being more
consistent with the phrasing in the same document.

Thanks,
-Stolee