Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-worktree: use working tree for trees on the file system

From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 25, 2017, 12:07 UTC
Message-ID: <CACsJy8BNYmYarZqnERhsO8LDxdsMsviUMs3Co6C4Ed7W9OvDJQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqd1d7ev2q.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 12:55 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
>
>> Are we at a point where we can still rename the new feature at least? If
>> yes, and keeping everything else is mandatory, than "workspace" or
>> "working space" may be a serious contender for naming the new thing.
>
> I do not have a good answer to the first question, but workspace
> does sound like a good name for what this feature is trying to
> achieve.
>

Now is not too late to rename the command from worktree to workspace (and keep "worktree" as an alias that will be eventually deleted). Should we do it? I would keep file names, function names... unchanged though, not worth the amount of new conflicts.

-- 
Duy