On 27 February 2014 16:43, Stefan Sperling <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 04:29:36PM +0400, Ivan Zhakov wrote: >> I'm not native English speaker, but for me 'authentication' is the >> process, while this subcommand is about managing objects >> (credentials). > > Yes, I see your point. > > But do you want to rename just the subcommand? > The API used internally by 'svn auth' is also using the term 'auth', > svn_config_walk_auth_data(). The directory which stores the data this > subcommand works with is also called 'auth', ~/.subversion/auth. > Renaming just the subcommand would create inconsistencies here. > > Is having 'svn creds' very important to you? How about a subcommand alias? Names used in internal API is not important for me. I worry about possible user confusion that 'svn auth' subcommand is responsible/required to perform authentication itself.
-- Ivan Zhakov
