On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 12:56:21PM -0800, Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget wrote: > From: Jeff Hostetler <jeffh...@microsoft.com>
> diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt > b/Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt > +== Public API > +=== Command Detail Messages > + > +These are concerned with describing the specific Git command > +after the command line, config, and environment are inspected. > + > +`void trace2_cmd_verb(const char *command_verb)`:: > + > + Emits a "cmd_verb" message with the canonical name of > + (usually) builtin command, for example "status" or "checkout". > + > +`void trace2_cmd_subverb(const char *command_subverb)`:: > + > + Emits a "cmd_subverb" message with a qualifier name to further > + describe the current git command. OK, so now we know what is meant by 'verb' and 'subverb'. Alas, this explanation also clearly shows that the word 'verb' is a poor fit for what it tries to convey, and 'subverb' is even worse. Now, I have already noticed that contributors with @microsoft.com email addresses for some reason tend to be fond of the word 'verb' ;), and try to use it instead of perfectly adequate and well-established Git terminology, see e.g. the early versions of the multi-pack-index patch series: https://public-inbox.org/git/20181211015957.gr30...@szeder.dev/ Those commit messages and documentations were improved after all occurrances of the word "verb" got replaced by the established Git terms. I'm pretty sure that this patch series would vastly benefit from eliminating all "verb"s (and "subverb"s!) in the code, docs and commit messages as well.
