Re: [PATCH] doc: add --show-names for git config

From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Aug 21, 2024, 06:53 UTC
Message-ID: <ZsWPBCW-pI4qIykK@tanuki>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqcym4fqhp.fsf@gitster.g>

On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 09:04:50AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> As to the name, I tend to agree that --show-names is a strange name
> for the option, and I would have even suggest making "--all" to show
> the name by default and give "--hide-name" option to countermand it
> if we were adding this topic afresh today.  But that unfortunately
> is all too late to change without much more effort than just changing
> the name.

Mh. Yeah, that might've been the better default indeed. The new command is still relatively young, but still, I don't know whether changing this is in the picture now.

Patrick