Re: [PATCH v1] config: add '--sources' option to print the source of a config value

On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 8:28 PM, Lars Schneider [off-list ref] wrote:

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However, the naming of the '--sources' option sounds a bit misleading to me.
It has nothing to do with source code. So maybe better name it '--origin',
or even more verbose '--show-origin' or '--show-filename'?

I think he inherited the "--sources" name from me. :) I agree it could
be better. I think "--show-filename" is not right as there are
non-filename cases.  Just "--origin" sounds funny to me, perhaps because
of git's normal use of the word "origin".

I like "--show-origin" the best of the ones suggested.

I understand your reasoning and I agree that "--show-origin" is better than
"--sources". However, I think just the word "origin" could be misleading in
this context because people associate it with Git remotes. How about
"--show-config-origin" then? Or would that be too verbose?

Well, "origin" just happens to be the name of the default remote.
AFAIK all options that deal with remotes have "remote" and not
"origin" in their name, so I think the risk of confusion is rather
low. But I'd be fine with "--show-config-origin", too. Although it's
verbose, it's probably not used very often, so personally I could live
with typing the extra character. Esp. if you add Bash completion
support for it :-)

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Sebastian Schuberth