Re: [PATCH] config: option transfer.ipversion to set transport protocol version for network fetches

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On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 06:39:01PM +0200, Alex Riesen wrote:

> > By the way, I have a mild preference to call the option after the
> > phrase "protocol-family", without "IP", so that we won't be limited
> > to Internet protocols.  IOW, --ipversions is a bad name for the new
> > commnad line option in my mind.
> 
> I have nothing against protocol-family, with or without "transport-".
> I just didn't want to ... over-generalize it prematurely: currently,
> the transport family is very fixed on IP on many levels.

I'll echo Junio's mild preference. I like it also because
"--ipversion=6" feels too terse in the argument, but "--ipversion=ipv6"
feels redundant.  Saying "--protocol-family=ipv6" is more characters,
but strikes me as more clear. (Or "transport-family" or whatever).

-Peff



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