On 2024-02-20 23:08, Junio C Hamano wrote:
Dragan Simic <dsimic@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
general rule for making abbreviations, with some exceptions. For
example,
one rather well-known exception to this general rule is "SoC", which
is the
abbreviation for "system-on-chip". [2]
I am not opposed to say "we allow spelling 'carbon copy' as 'Cc'
because too many people mistakenly use that capitalization pattern",
which is what you earlier said, though. As I said, I do not insist
one or the other capitalization, as long as it is backed by solid
reasoning that would not confuse future developers.
It is very common to omit upcasing prepositions, articles, etc. when
spelling acronyms in all capital, so "SoC" would not count as a good
example of an exception. That's the kind of bogus justification of
giving an exception to "Cc" I would rather want to avoid. It really
is only "Cc" that needs to justify exception in your patch.
Alright, let's try v4 with no such examples.
