Allow presenting change ids in readable mixed case #2778
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The idea is that you could put
change_id.readable()
in you commit template.The concept of "readable case" focuses on the
k-z
part of the alphabet that's used for change ids. Thenormal hexadecimal alphabet 0-9a-f doesn't have many confusable letters, except
perhaps
b
andd
.Here is what it looks like for me at the moment (my ids are also shorter than normal, 6 chars instead of 8):
Backstory and design
This is the third attempt at making change ids readable at a glance. Previously,
I was suggesting printing them in uppercase (which I use in my personal config,
but several people disliked the idea since they perceive UPPERCASE as yelling)
or printing half the alphabet in uppercase.
Since then, I found that uppercase doesn't solve all of my issues either, as
it's quite easy to confuse
OQ
orUV
when reading quickly.So, I now have a variation of the second idea where I carefully pick which
letters to capitalize. See comments and test in the commit for examples.
Checklist
If applicable:
CHANGELOG.md