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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jonas Aschenbrenner <jonas.aschenbrenner@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Suggestion to rename "blame" of the "git blame" command to something more neutral
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 14:03:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq8rp4zlcd.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADS2hGpnkiPzivVDyN-PnGsQCTafqx68PxigXvBK1bv4O=p4kg@mail.gmail.com> (Jonas Aschenbrenner's message of "Thu, 7 Jul 2022 17:35:41 +0200")

Jonas Aschenbrenner <jonas.aschenbrenner@gmail.com> writes:

> Similar to the change of the default branch name from "master" to
> "main" to use a word which has less negative associations,
> I suggest to replace the word "blame" with something more neutral.
> Maybe "annotate". That word seems to already be used at some places
> for this Git feature.

We can help you to match the tool for your personal preference, e.g.

    $ git config --global alias.praise blame
    $ git praise COPYING

Changing what has been known for one name for a long time for other
people takes a lot more than "I do not like the word with negative
connotations".

  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-07-07 21:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-07-07 15:35 Suggestion to rename "blame" of the "git blame" command to something more neutral Jonas Aschenbrenner
2022-07-07 17:00 ` Michal Suchánek
2022-07-07 19:12   ` Jonas Aschenbrenner
2022-07-07 21:03 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2022-07-10 13:00 ` Reto
2022-07-10 14:31 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-10 14:55   ` Michal Suchánek
2022-07-10 16:35     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-07-10 18:01       ` Michal Suchánek
2022-07-10 18:26         ` rsbecker
2022-07-11 11:47       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-11 19:21         ` Junio C Hamano

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