quarto-dev / quarto-dev/quarto-cli
Rename `dir` to `direction` for language direction
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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- Merged PRs (30d)
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Description
It is a bit weird and confusing to have dir as option name, because:
- it's abbreviated contrary to nearly all other options
- it does not necessarily and obviously means "direction" (directory also works).
I would suggest to rename dir to direction.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file or test is named in the issue. Search the CLI option definitions and references for dir, then trace how it controls language direction before replacing the public option with direction. Done means the new name works wherever the old name did and the relevant checks pass.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100