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term: simplify multiple mentions about dvc.yaml + dvc.lock + .dvc files #1663
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Not sure about Special though. They are not very special I guess. |
"DVC metafiles"? "DVC-specific files"? Can't use just "DVC files" because it looks almost like ".dvc files". |
DVC files with if needed sounds good to me. I don't how to generalize it better. |
People have always called Also, technically theres plenty other "DVC files" such as Maybe "stage file" wasn't such a bad term after all... |
OK, so I vote for "DVC metafiles" (would mostly be used in plural). WDYT @shcheklein? Should we call in a vote from everyone via Slack or mentioning them here perhaps? |
Actually... a term to group the files may not solve our problems. We also have to repeat the phrase "stages and .dvc files" a lot, and that could not be replaced by a term that refers to files. We may need a broader concept, kind of like how we used to consider .dvc files "(orphan) stages" before, except I would use that term anymore since it would be overloaded... So maybe "DVC nodes", "DVC blocks"? Idk. This could be in addition to "DVC (meta)files"
Although TBH the true solution for all this confusion, I think would start with iterative/dvc#4278. |
sounds too complicated,
you mean targets? it's mix of everything - path, .dvc. stage names, etc. I guess there is no way to avoid this and it's fine. Also, I would check how other tools solve this.
DVC metafiles is fine.
I hope we don't need everyone to vote on this. |
OK. I'm just concerned that the terminology in the core repo will be very different. Terms like DVC-file and stage file are probably still around and even output to users as help messages/ warnings, etc. |
UPDATE on this: we actually went for "DVC Files", already started implementing in #2043 (deployed to https://dvc.org/doc/user-guide/dvc-files). |
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I'll check this after the merge of #2026. |
Closing as probably done (from the comments above). @iesahin feel free to double check if you didn't though. Thanks |
UPDATE: One thing left here, see #1663 (comment) below.
To achieve this, we will probably need to introduce a new glossary term such as "Special DVC files".
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