D5800: config: introduce a new value for ui.relative-paths getting old behavior

[martinvonz (Martin von Zweigbergk)]

martinvonz added a comment.


  In https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D5800#85228, @yuja wrote:
  
  > >   > What I thought confusing is `scmutil.getuipathfn(ctx.repo(), legacyvalue=True)`
  > >   >  in https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D5801. "What does the `True` mean? relative, absolute, or a complete
  > >   >  different stuff?"
  > >   
  > >   Same reason it's confusing, I believe: it's unclear if "legacyvalue=True" means "use the legacy value" (incorrect) or "for the legacy value, use the value True" (correct). I was hoping the "value" part would clarify that, but I agree that it's still not clear.  I think you're also saying that the fact that the function deals with producing a cwd-relative or absolute (well, repo-relative) is also not clear and I agree with that too.
  >
  > Yes. `force/legacyvalue` doesn't provide what the `value` means, which is my
  >  point. I also get your point. Naming is hard.
  >
  > > Maybe "usedtoberelative=True"?
  >
  > As a non-native speaker, a single word "legacy" is easier to parse than a
  >  phrase "used to be".
  
  
  So do we prefer `legacyrelativevalue` then? Or `legacywasrelative`? Or `legacyrelative`? (I think the last one is least clear.)

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