Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] config: add '--show-origin' option to print the origin of a config value

From: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 16, 2016, 09:48 UTC
Message-ID: <BB209409-A43C-4C08-8691-B27FFDBDDB69@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqio1pps64.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On 15 Feb 2016, at 22:41, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com> writes:
> 
>>> +--show-origin::
>>> +	Augment the output of all queried config options with the
>>> +	origin type (file, stdin, blob, cmdline) and the actual origin
>> 
>> file, blob, cmdline (hmm, maybe cmd-line? ;-) )
> 
> If we are going to spell it out, "command-line" would be the way to
> go.  "cmdline" is probably OK.

I think cmdline is OK, too. However, if the list thinks that there is a chance that it could be incomprehensible to the user then I would prefer "command-line".

- Lars