Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/3] --seed as an alias for --dissociate --reference

From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date: May 24, 2015, 23:53 UTC
Message-ID: <5562646A.1080608@alum.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20150521041435.GA18978@peff.net>

Thanks for working on this. I have one little bikeshedding comment...

On 05/21/2015 06:14 AM, Jeff King wrote:

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> [...]
> There are a few open issues with this series:
> 
>   1. Assuming that "seed" is a reasonable verb for this concept, is
>      "--seed=<repo>" OK for the option?  Would "--seed-from=<repo>" be
>      better? (Also, the response "bleh, seed is a terrible name" is
>      fine, too, but only if accompanied by your own suggestion :) ).

I think "seed" is a pretty good name. The only downside is that "seed" suggests that the process injects just a few seeds that are much smaller than the whole. But in fact, (hopefully) this option causes the bulk of the needed objects to be pre-fetched.

I can't think of any name that is clearly better. Some brainstorming:

* prepare -- meh
* prime (as in "prime the pump"). But "prime" alone could have too many
meanings, so...
* prime-from
* pre-fetch or pre-fetch-from
* pre-load or pre-load-from

BTW I think "--seed-from=<repo>" is more self-explanatory than "--seed=<repo>".

Michael

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Michael Haggerty
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