Rename inlang.config.json to .inlangrc.json

[felixhaeberle]

Proposal: Rename inlang.config.json to .inlangrc.json

Pros:

• Standard Naming: Utilizing the .rc extension aligns with Unix-like file conventions, making it more intuitive for users familiar with such systems.
• Consistency: This naming choice brings uniformity to configuration files across different projects, aiding user recognition and management.
• Clarity: .inlangrc.json explicitly denotes its purpose, reducing confusion and inadvertent alterations.

Cons:

• File is hidden by regular file browser -> no problem because we want to offer configuration from editor?
• inlangrc.json doesn't read that nicely, but brings us in one "area" with eslintrc.json, prettierrc.json & more.

More context on rc files

https://stackoverflow.com/a/36212406

@inlang/team What do you thing? 👍 / 👎

[samuelstroschein]

I vote for inlang.config.json because:

• rc is an additional concept just to express that the file is a config file. remove rc = one concept less

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dot file is also ergh. the right move is to have an application data folder in a lisa repo in the future just like mac os and windows have locally :)

[samuelstroschein]

I would argue .config.json is an additional concept and

Disagree. It's just a file but in contrast to rc explicitly has config in its name. Just like you would name my resume on your computer samuels-resume or similar and not samuels-rs or samuels-rm.

If I find samuels-rs on your computer, you have to explain to me what rs means. samuels-resume is self-explanatory.

[samuelstroschein]

The . is maybe unusual. We can rename inlang.config.json to inlang-config.json ofc. or only inlang.json. at the end of the day it doesn't matter :D i just vote again rc because we will need to explain to (non-web tech) ppl what rc means

[felixhaeberle]

Speaking about our target audience "developers", this is only partially true because some knowledge exists. With the same argument you would for example argue against terms like "wifi", which is generally established, and nobody says "wireless internet connection". 😄

[felixhaeberle]

I'm fine to leave it as inlang.config.json – but wanted to raise the discussion as "we should at least talk about it" to not miss it.

[samuelstroschein]

let's stop this discussion and move on :)

[felixhaeberle]

Closing as "we keep inlang.config.json"