Feedback for v2 - patches.lock filename

[Sweetchuck]

Hello

I think the file name choice for patches.lock is not the best,
because by default none of the existing "text editors" or IDE provide syntax highlighting for this file.

I (and every developer) have to to re-configure all editors that I use (KATE, JEdit, Vim, PHPStorm, etc...) to recognize the patches.lock file as a regular JSON file.

If the file content is a JSON then why not use the .json filename extension?

I know that there is already composer.lock file name, which is already supported by most text editors.
In my humble opinion that was also a bad choice, but way too late for that to change it :-)

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Suggestions:

• patches.lock.json
• patches-lock.json

[cweagans]

I would suggest that the contents of this file not be manipulated in a code editor, but I agree with this line of reasoning:

If the file content is a JSON then why not use the .json filename extension?

I have opened #492 to switch to patches.lock.json