Hi, On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, しらいしななこ wrote: > 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"? So you mean [url A] standsFor = B standsFor = C ? ;-) This might be seen as bike-shedding by some, but I think that it is actually worthwhile to kick back and forth some ideas, and pick the best one. Ciao, Dscho
