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Support both US and UK English spellings (-ize/-ise)

Opened by swampadmin · 4/27/2025

Problem

The swamp CLI currently uses UK English spellings (e.g., "summarise"). US English speakers naturally type "summarize" and get errors or unexpected behavior. swamp should be inclusive of both dialects.

Proposed Solution

Accept both US English (-ize) and UK English (-ise) spellings for commands, method names, and any user-facing strings where these variants occur. At minimum:

  • summarize / summarise

If other -ize/-ise verbs appear in the CLI surface (e.g., "organize/organise", "synchronize/synchronise"), those should also accept both forms.

The canonical internal spelling can remain whichever dialect is already in use — this is purely about accepting either variant as input.

Summary

This feature would add alternate spelling support for -ize/-ise verb variants in the CLI input layer. The approach would alias the alternate dialect's spelling to the canonical form during command/argument parsing, so both forms resolve to the same underlying functionality. This keeps the internal codebase consistent while being welcoming to users of either dialect.

Alternatives Considered

  • Documentation-only approach: just document which spellings are required. This is less user-friendly.
  • Full i18n: overkill for this scope; simple aliases are sufficient.
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