JDevlieghere added inline comments.

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Comment at: clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td:2012
+  HelpText<"Use the virtual file system in 'real' mode, or 'physical' mode. In 
'real' mode the working directory is linked to the process' working directory. 
In 'physical' mode it has its own working directory, independent of (but 
initially equal to) that of the process.">,
+  Values<"real,physical">;
 def imultilib : Separate<["-"], "imultilib">, Group<gfortran_Group>;
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jfb wrote:
> sammccall wrote:
> > Mea culpa: naming these `physical`/`real` doesn't really explain either the 
> > implementation difference nor the observable effect.
> > (I thought this internal name didn't matter much and didn't want to rename 
> > `getRealFilesystem`...)
> > 
> > Can we avoid propagating these bad names further? Maybe instead something 
> > like `-os-workdir` or `-workdir=os|virtual` or similar?
> Maybe? What do other folks who actually tough VFS think? I'm happy to go 
> either way, I was following what seemed to be the prevalent naming (and 
> parroted the comments on those functions) but I understand that it might not 
> have been naming that you thought would leave those function 🙂
Personally I like the `-workdir=os|virtual` because  it better conveys the 
semantic meaning, rather than how it's implemented.


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