On Feb 20, 2008 2:42 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yeah, that "aka" is still disturbing.
>
> [url A]
> aka = B
>
> would read to me: "A is also known as B" but that is clearly not
> what it means here. You would want this:
>
> [url A]
> aka = B
> aka = C
>
> to mean "B is also known as A. C is also known as A." IOW, you
> are using it backwards, because their name is more official and
> you are using your own unofficial name to call it.
>
> Sorry, but I cannot think of a better way to resolve this, other
> than by spelling the keyword backwards, but that still makes it
> "aka".
I dunno, I find this eminently clear:
[url A]
alias = B
alias = C
B and C are aliases for A. How else could you read that?
j.
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