Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add support for url aliases in config files

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Quoting Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>:

> 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".

Isn't what you mean to say "A stands for B and C"?

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