Re: [PATCH v2] config: add '--sources' option to print the source of a config value

From: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 10, 2016, 15:28 UTC
Message-ID: <CAHGBnuNGTQvBStqK6-OERye4y2+yvRkK3g+rdSNPepSqy4kyRg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <56BB3157.7080307@ramsayjones.plus.com>

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com> wrote:

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>> Sebastian suggested "--show-origin" as a better option name over "--sources".
>> I still believe "--sources" might be slightly better as I fear that users could
>> somehow related "origin" to "remote" kind of configs. However, I am happy to
>> change that if a majority prefers "--show-origin".
>
> <bikeshed>
> As I have said before, I'm not very good at naming things, but ...
>
> Of the two, I *slightly* prefer --show-origin, since I don't think
> there will be any confusion. However, I think --source may be OK too
> (for some reason it sounds better than the plural). Another idea
> may be --show-source. ;-)
>
> </bikeshed>

I agree that using --source sounds better than --sources, as the latter sounds even more like "source code".

Here's another idea: How about --declaration or --show-declaration?

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Sebastian Schuberth