rename close to endperiod ?

[Simon Michael]

I find the close command, renamed from equity, still a bit unclear, especially with the new flags added by https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/pull/873 <https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/pull/873>, so you might write eg:

hledger close --opening
hledger close --closing

See the issue for several other proposals. There's "clopen", which nobody but me likes. And now there's "endperiod", which I'm leaning towards. Here's how it would look:

hledger endperiod ...
hledger endperiod --opening ...
hledger endperiod --closing ...

While it's not exactly catchy, I think it's the most informative of all the ideas so far. Let me know if you disagree. "close" would still be supported as a hidden alias, like "equity".

[Simon Michael]

Post by Simon Michael
hledger close --opening
hledger close --closing
hledger endperiod ...
hledger endperiod --opening ...
hledger endperiod --closing ...
While it's not exactly catchy, I think it's the most informative of all the ideas so far. Let me know if you disagree. "close" would still be supported as a hidden alias, like "equity".

PS, to remind what this does, a command line help mockup:

endperiod generate closing balance/opening balance transactions


endperiod [OPTIONS] [QUERY]
Print a "closing balances" transaction that brings all accounts (or with
query arguments, just the matched accounts) to a zero (historical) balance,
followed by an opposite "opening balances" transaction that restores the
balances from zero. With --closing or --opening, prints just one of these.

[Dmitry Astapov]

For the record, I like 'endperiod`

Post by Simon Michael
I find the close command, renamed from equity, still a bit unclear,
especially with the new flags added by
hledger close --opening
hledger close --closing
See the issue for several other proposals. There's "clopen", which nobody
but me likes. And now there's "endperiod", which I'm leaning towards.
hledger endperiod ...
hledger endperiod --opening ...
hledger endperiod --closing ...
While it's not exactly catchy, I think it's the most informative of all
the ideas so far. Let me know if you disagree. "close" would still be
supported as a hidden alias, like "equity".
endperiod generate closing balance/opening balance transactions
endperiod [OPTIONS] [QUERY]
Print a "closing balances" transaction that brings all accounts (or with
query arguments, just the matched accounts) to a zero (historical) balance,
followed by an opposite "opening balances" transaction that restores the
balances from zero. With --closing or --opening, prints just one of these.
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I'm also agreeing with 'endperiod`

Post by Dmitry Astapov
For the record, I like 'endperiod`

Post by Simon Michael
hledger close --opening
hledger close --closing
hledger endperiod ...
hledger endperiod --opening ...
hledger endperiod --closing ...
While it's not exactly catchy, I think it's the most informative of all the ideas so far. Let me know if you disagree. "close" would still be supported as a hidden alias, like "equity".
endperiod generate closing balance/opening balance transactions
endperiod [OPTIONS] [QUERY]
Print a "closing balances" transaction that brings all accounts (or with
query arguments, just the matched accounts) to a zero (historical) balance,
followed by an opposite "opening balances" transaction that restores the
balances from zero. With --closing or --opening, prints just one of these.
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