Why all caps CONTRIBUTING and LICENSE? #22673
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Why do the files CONTRIBUTING and LICENSE have to be in all caps to trigger certain aspects of GutHub? While I know there probably needs to only be one of each, I don’t like my file names yelling at me. Plus, my caps lock key is assigned to something else on my system, so typing anything in all caps is a pain in my pinkies. So, please allow lowercase contributing and license file names to trigger things? |
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Thanks for expressing your concerns @LadyAleena . I can see how the default casing can be an issue in that regard. You are also not obligated to use all-caps for these files. They will be counted for your Community file with lower-case as well. |
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IF UPPERCASING is not MANDATORY, please state so in the docs, instead of leaving it to trial& error to the end-user. |
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Thanks for expressing your concerns @LadyAleena . I can see how the default casing can be an issue in that regard.
Those files default to all-uppercase to help promote visibility within your repository. Having all-caps makes it visually easier to see, and denote prominence.
You are also not obligated to use all-caps for these files. They will be counted for your Community file with lower-case as well.