Re: [PATCH v6 17/19] fsck: Introduce `git fsck --quick`

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 20, 2015, 03:24 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqbngb5ag0.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150619235748.GA23394@odin.ulthar.us>

Scott Schmit <i.grok@comcast.net> writes:

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> On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 01:53:01PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
>> 
>> > Can you think of a name for the option that is as short as `--quick`
>> > but means the same as `--connectivity-only`?
>> 
>> No I can't.  I think `--connectivity-only` is a very good name that
>> is unfortunately a mouthful, I agree that we need a name that is as
>> short as `--xxxxx` that means the same as `--connectivity-only`.  I
>> do not think `--quick` is that word; it does not mean such a thing.
>
> How about `--linkage` or `--links`?

Even though "link" may be shorter than "connectivity", the real difficulty is to come up with a phrase that conveys the "-only" part of the fully spelled name, which is more important, without spending 5 letters that take to say "-only".