On 8/14/2020 4:22 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 12:45 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> 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".
Ah, the "whitespace, not all-zeroes" is something that I misunderstood.
That makes a verb change valuable in this instance.
>>> 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.
What about something as simple as:
"Do not show object names of boundary commits (Default: off)"
While this doesn't imply that the object name positions are filled with
whitespace, that is just a formatting concern.
Thanks,
-Stolee
