> On Jul 13, 2017, at 05:15, David Demelier <demelier.da...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm one of the creator of the ConfigConsolidationPlan [0]. > > In Mercurial there was a big issue regarding the options continuously added > without any guideline into the hgrc file. This leads to massive inconsistency > like : > > allowpull > allow_push > assume-tty > > In the process of renaming those options without breaking existing user > installations, we have added a configitems registry + aliases. The aliases > offers a way to select the same option with a different section name (e.g. > ui.username also search for ui.user). > > I'll start renaming options once a convention has been chosen correctly, I've > proposed (seconded by Pierre-Yves) to use hyphens between words as it's > common in projects [2].
When you say "renaming" you just mean renaming the documented name of the option, but still respecting the legacy name, right? > > Please tell me your thoughts, if you are okay on this convention and I'll > start sending new aliases progressively. > > I'll also add an official guideline regarding option naming somewhere in the > wiki (probably on the guideline pages). > > Then I'll attire your attention to refuse any new code that won't follow this > convention. > > [0]: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/ConfigConsolidationPlan > [1]: > https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/ConfigConsolidationPlan#Proposal:_use_-_in_config_examples > > -- > David Demelier > _______________________________________________ > Mercurial-devel mailing list > Mercurial-devel@mercurial-scm.org > https://www.mercurial-scm.org/mailman/listinfo/mercurial-devel _______________________________________________ Mercurial-devel mailing list Mercurial-devel@mercurial-scm.org https://www.mercurial-scm.org/mailman/listinfo/mercurial-devel
