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From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: Richard Hansen <rhansen@bbn.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Pull is Mostly Evil
Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 10:17:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87iopnwa2i.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5364A143.1060404@bbn.com> (Richard Hansen's message of "Sat, 03 May 2014 03:56:51 -0400")

Richard Hansen <rhansen@bbn.com> writes:

> These three usage patterns are at odds; it's hard to change the
> default behavior of 'git pull' to favor one usage case without harming
> another.  Perhaps this is why there's so much disagreement about what
> 'git pull' should do.

Should a screwdriver be turning clockwise or counterclockwise by
default?  There are valid arguments for either.

-- 
David Kastrup

  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-03  8:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-02 15:37 Pull is Mostly Evil Marc Branchaud
2014-05-02 15:45 ` David Kastrup
2014-05-02 16:05   ` Philip Oakley
2014-05-02 19:05     ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-02 22:34       ` Philip Oakley
2014-05-02 22:53         ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-05-03 20:24           ` Philip Oakley
2014-05-02 23:23         ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-03 11:24           ` Philip Oakley
2014-05-03 11:30             ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-02 19:31   ` David Lang
2014-05-02 19:37     ` David Kastrup
2014-05-02 18:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-02 19:11   ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-02 20:06     ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-02 20:58       ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-02 21:48     ` Jeff King
2014-05-02 21:55       ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-02 22:36         ` Jeff King
2014-05-02 23:27           ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-03  2:18       ` David Kastrup
2014-05-06 22:06       ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-06 22:19         ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-03  7:56   ` Richard Hansen
2014-05-03  8:17     ` David Kastrup [this message]
2014-05-03  9:04       ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-03  9:56         ` David Kastrup
2014-05-04  4:30           ` David Lang
2014-05-04  4:38             ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-04  6:13               ` David Kastrup
2014-05-04  6:50               ` James Denholm
2014-05-04  7:48                 ` David Kastrup
2014-05-04  9:51                 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-04 10:37                   ` James Denholm
2014-05-04 11:02                     ` David Kastrup
2014-05-03  9:26     ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-03 22:09       ` Richard Hansen
2014-05-04  3:08         ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-04  7:49           ` Richard Hansen
2014-05-04 10:17             ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-04 19:09               ` Richard Hansen
2014-05-04 21:13                 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-05  5:44                   ` Richard Hansen
2014-05-05  5:47                     ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-07 22:37     ` Max Kirillov
2014-05-03 10:00   ` John Szakmeister
2014-05-05 15:39     ` Richard Hansen
2014-05-05 18:15       ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-02 22:12 ` Philip Oakley
2014-05-09 19:49 ` Marc Branchaud

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