[RFC] [PATCH] username: default should be prompt if no username are found

Martin Geisler mg at lazybytes.net
Thu May 6 04:54:32 CDT 2010


Steve Borho <steve at borho.org> writes:

> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Martin Geisler <mg at lazybytes.net> wrote:
>>
>>  no username supplied (see "hg help config")
>>  press ENTER to use login at hostname or specify another: <prompt>
>
> I think a shorter form is ok:
>
> no username supplied (see "hg help config"),
> please enter [login at hostname]: <prompt>

The short form is good!

> Should username be two words?

I don't think so, but we currently have both forms. The bugzilla
extension even says 'username' in one place and 'user name' in another.

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