Re: [PATCH] messages: avoid SHA-1 in end-user facing messages

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Aug 14, 2020, 04:51 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cTTr8VdzeaPewktdncvnTWHjieEnEPV+vbD=GVbK7zQNQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqlfihzvhu.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 12:45 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> >> N_("Show blank SHA-1 for boundary commits (Default: off)")),
> >> N_("Blank object names of boundary commits (Default: off)")),
>
> You guessed my intention correctly.  By using the word "blank" as a
> verb (i.e. to fill the space, which should ordinarily contain
> something meaningful, with whitespace instead), I can shorten "Show
> blank" to compensate the lengthening of the message caused by
> replacing "SHA-1" with "object name".
>
> A better phrasing to replace it is of course welcome.

Perhaps?

    "suppress object names of boundary commits (default: off)"