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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 14, 2020, 08:22 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqd03tzley.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cTTr8VdzeaPewktdncvnTWHjieEnEPV+vbD=GVbK7zQNQ@mail.gmail.com>

Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

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

I think we want a verb that not just means to "remove" but also to "replace with the same amount of whitespace so that the overall alignment is kept". To "blank out" would mean exactly that; I do not know about "to suppress", though.

Thanks.