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toplenboren / simple-git-hooks

A simple git hooks manager for small projects
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Package’s name #22

Closed valtlai closed 3 years ago

valtlai commented 3 years ago

Now that the package is being renamed (#21), should we consider a shorter name? I found that the following are unused in npm:

For example, set-hooks would work well as a command: npx set-hooks. On the other hand, it would’t be so good property name in package.json.

toplenboren commented 3 years ago

Hey! Thanks for the submission

The package is being renamed mainly because we plan to change core functionality — add an ability to set any .git hook, instead of only pre-commit. See #14 for details

I like the idea of the shorter name, hookful or hookize, maybe hookie :)

I'm afraid it does not sound similar to the simple-pre-commit and it may look like the package is about React hooks, so I dont know

What do you think?

valtlai commented 3 years ago

I’m aware of #14, but I think it’s a good opportunity to consider a shorter name when the name is changing anyway.

The name simple-git-hooks is very self-explanatory, like the current one, which is nice. The simplicity is what can distinguish the package from the similar ones.

I would like hookie too, but unfortunately it’s already reserved. So are many others, such as hooky, hookly, hooker, hooking, hooked and hookify. But hookish is not, so I added it on the list.

Yeah, maybe these are too vague, since hook can mean many things in programming. I’m not sure if these are associated with React too much.

Maybe we can invent a short name containing both git and hook. But if the simplicity is an important point, maybe simple-git-hooks is the best name and the shortness isn’t so relevant.

valtlai commented 3 years ago

Maybe we can invent a short name containing both git and hook.

What about git-hookie? It’s more explicit and still short.

The diminutive suffix -ie, referring to littleness, and the simplicity have something in common, at least in my opinion. So a simple hook = a hookie. Maybe the name should be git-hookies then.

toplenboren commented 3 years ago

Yep, I like git-hookie but also still like the current name, as its really self-explanatory.

Gonna think about it, thanks!

toplenboren commented 3 years ago

I like the original name and the renaming was done by the time we had this issue opened, so I decided to leave the name as it is.