On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 12:30:36PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> pack-kept-objects then? > > > > Hmm. That does address my point above, but somehow the word "kept" feels > > awkward to me. I'm ambivalent between the two. > > That word does make my backside somewhat itchy ;-) > > Would it help to take a step back and think what the option really > does? Perhaps we should call it --pack-all-objects, which is short > for --pack-all-objectsregardless-of-where-they-currently-are-stored, > or something? The word "all" gives a wrong connotation in a > different way (e.g. "regardless of reachability" is a possible wrong > interpretation), so that does not sound too good, either. I do not think "all" is what we want to say. It only affects "kept" objects, not any of the other exclusions (e.g., "-l"). > "--repack-kept-objects"? "--include-kept-objects"? Of all of them, I think --pack-kept-objects is probably the best. And I think we are hitting diminishing returns in thinking too much more on the name. :) -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html