Command name 'Regenerate (force)' is unclear and inconsistent with sibling commands

[bobthearsonist]

Observation

The command registered as name: "Regenerate (force)" in plugins/obsidian-plugin/src/main.ts:198 shows up in Obsidian's command palette as "Visual Notes (issue-21): Regenerate (force)". Surfaced during manual QA — I told the user to search for "Force regenerate sidecar" and the actual name didn't match.

Why it's awkward

Compare command names registered together in main.ts:

Extract from current note                               ← clear: verb + scope
Extract from current note using Daily Context           ← clear: verb + scope + modifier
Regenerate (force)                                       ← unclear: verb + parenthetical
Pin this overview                                        ← clear: verb + scope
Unpin this overview                                      ← clear: verb + scope
Delete sidecar                                           ← clear: verb + scope

Issues with Regenerate (force):

1. No scope noun: "Regenerate" what? The other commands name what they act on (note / overview / sidecar). This one doesn't.
2. Parens are unusual for command names: Obsidian command palette convention is action-then-noun, not action-then-parenthetical-modifier. Compare: "Save current file" vs "Save (force)".
3. Search discoverability: "Force regenerate" doesn't match. Users guessing the command have to find it by partial match on "regenerate" or "force" — and "force" alone is too generic to surface from the global palette.

Candidate fixes

• Force regenerate overview — verb-first, clear scope, no parens
• Regenerate overview (force) — keeps the verb-noun-modifier shape, parens at end
• Force regenerate sidecar — uses the technical noun ("sidecar") matching Delete sidecar

The third option matches the existing Delete sidecar pattern, which is the closest sibling.

Bonus observation

There's no non-force regenerate command. The two "Extract" commands cover the normal regen path (hash check + skip if unchanged), and this "Regenerate (force)" is the bypass-the-hash-check version. Worth considering whether the name should reflect the relationship: e.g., "Re-extract (ignore cache)" or "Force re-extract" — more honest about what it does.

Out of scope

UX polish, doesn't block #21 / PR #23. Filed for the next focused naming/UX pass.

References

• Source: plugins/obsidian-plugin/src/main.ts:196-200
• Repro: command palette → search "regenerate" with plugin enabled