[PATCH 6 of 6 RFC] push: allow specifying default-push as defaultpush
Matt Mackall
mpm at selenic.com
Wed Aug 7 21:22:39 UTC 2013
On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 13:31 -0400, Augie Fackler wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 06:06:53PM +0200, Martin Geisler wrote:
> > Kevin Bullock <kbullock+mercurial at ringworld.org> writes:
> >
> > > On 2 Aug 2013, at 9:15 AM, Augie Fackler wrote:
> > >
> > >> # HG changeset patch
> > >> # User Augie Fackler <durin42 at gmail.com>
> > >> # Date 1374709814 14400
> > >> # Wed Jul 24 19:50:14 2013 -0400
> > >> # Node ID d59a05f3c4e013ecf9c7d3b40c04fa9900b7f74f
> > >> # Parent 4c9c2538d46bed89734a465ae01dbda483154425
> > >> push: allow specifying default-push as defaultpush
> > >
> > > Unlike the rest of the series, this one causes us to change the output
> > > -- on one of our most well-publicized config options. I guess I'm -1
> > > on this until we're ready to officially favor the
> > > non-hyphenated/-underscored forms. Rest of the series looks fine to
> > > me.
> >
> > Why would you even prefer the non-hyphenated versions? I know we use
> > names without underscores in the Python code, but I think someone needs
> > to explain how the arguments for that carry over to the config keys.
The argument has never been "underscores are bad", it's always been
"consistency is good". And that argument obviously applies to config
keys just as well as source code identifiers.
"How do I fix this?"
"You just need to set default push."
"Is that default no space push, default underscore push, or default dash
push?"
"Default dash push. Then set allow push and allow pull on the server."
"They don't do anything?!"
"Oh, sorry, that's allow underscore push and allow no space pull."
"Are you freaking kidding me?"
I'm not particularly attached to a particular choice of style, just that
_there is a style_ and people (like me, fercrissake) don't need to
repeatedly consult the manual to find out which form is used for each
setting.
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