Re: git-bug: Distributed bug tracker embedded in git

On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 03:08:21PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

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So we don't get to say "you never asked us about git-annex, we're using
that name now" without considering how widely used it is. It's us who
decided to expose the API of seamlessly integrating 3rd party tools.

I think we're talking past each other.  I haven't proposed any blanket
policy.  I'm saying that "git bug" is a bad name for this tool:

 - it's hard to find with search engines
 - it conflicts with some likely good future changes to Git
 - it assumes that no one else will have some other refinement of the
   Git bugtracker concept, that it is the only "git bug" tool

It's a namespace grab.  There's nothing stopping someone from naming a
command "bug", either, but that doesn't make it a good idea.  (I'm not
saying that was the intent --- that's just the effect.)

Right, I think this is a sensible way to think about it. When the time
comes later to call something "git bug", obviously we'd consider the
overall ecosystem and weigh that. But that does not make it a good idea
to pick a name that is likely to get stomped on.

And the most we can do is recommend against it and let them make the
decision.  The Microsoft GVFS folks are in a similar situation. They are
renaming the project and thinking about using git-vfs for the command
name. IMHO that is too generic, and I've mentioned that, but ultimately
I think it is their choice.

-Peff