Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add support for url aliases in config files

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Feb 20, 2008, 22:22 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0802202221130.17164@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <200802202203.m1KM37aR012221@mi1.bluebottle.com>

Hi,

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, しらいしななこ wrote:

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> Quoting Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:
> 
> > Yeah, that "aka" is still disturbing.
> >
> > 	[url A]
> >         	aka = B
> >
> > would read to me: "A is also known as B" but that is clearly not
> > what it means here.  You would want this:
> >
> > 	[url A]
> >         	aka = B 
> > 		aka = C
> >
> > to mean "B is also known as A.  C is also known as A."  IOW, you
> > are using it backwards, because their name is more official and
> > you are using your own unofficial name to call it.
> >
> > Sorry, but I cannot think of a better way to resolve this, other
> > than by spelling the keyword backwards, but that still makes it
> > "aka".
> 
> Isn't what you mean to say "A stands for B and C"?

So you mean

[url A]
	standsFor = B
	standsFor = C

? ;-)

This might be seen as bike-shedding by some, but I think that it is actually worthwhile to kick back and forth some ideas, and pick the best one.

Ciao, Dscho