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From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
	Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>,
	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 02/13] pull: improve default warning
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 15:10:15 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201218211026.1937168-3-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201218211026.1937168-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>

According to feedback from GitHub trainers [1], most newcomers don't
understand what a rebase is. So in the default warning we want to
provide our users with a command that does the most sensible thing,
fixes the divergence, gets rid of the warning, with the minimum mental
effort, and happens to be the default:

  git pull --no-rebase (later --merge)

In addition, we don't want to start by recommending a permanent
configuration, but a temporary solution so they start training their
fingers and maybe learn how to do a rebase. So we start with the commands.

Also, we need to be clear about what we mean by "specifying"; merge, or
rebase.

Moreover, thanks to the previous patch now "git pull --help" explains
what a fast-forward is, let's mention that reference.

And finally, use --global in the configuration commands like we did with
push.default.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20130909201751.GA14437@sigill.intra.peff.net/

Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/pull.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c
index e8927fc2ff..a766d9762c 100644
--- a/builtin/pull.c
+++ b/builtin/pull.c
@@ -927,18 +927,20 @@ static int get_can_ff(struct object_id *orig_head, struct object_id *orig_merge_
 
 static void show_advice_pull_non_ff(void)
 {
-	advise(_("Pulling without specifying how to reconcile divergent branches is\n"
-		 "discouraged. You can squelch this message by running one of the following\n"
-		 "commands sometime before your next pull:\n"
+	advise(_("Pulling without specifying how to reconcile divergent branches is discouraged;\n"
+		 "you need to specify if you want a merge, or a rebase.\n"
 		 "\n"
-		 "  git config pull.rebase false  # merge (the default strategy)\n"
-		 "  git config pull.rebase true   # rebase\n"
-		 "  git config pull.ff only       # fast-forward only\n"
+		 "  git pull --no-rebase # the default (merge)\n"
+		 "  git pull --rebase\n"
 		 "\n"
-		 "You can replace \"git config\" with \"git config --global\" to set a default\n"
-		 "preference for all repositories. You can also pass --rebase, --no-rebase,\n"
-		 "or --ff-only on the command line to override the configured default per\n"
-		 "invocation.\n"));
+		 "You can squelch this message by running one of the following commands:\n"
+		 "\n"
+		 "  git config --global pull.rebase false  # merge\n"
+		 "  git config --global pull.rebase true   # rebase\n"
+		 "  git config --global pull.ff only       # fast-forward only\n"
+		 "\n"
+		 "If unsure, run \"git pull --no-rebase\".\n"
+		 "Read \"git pull --help\" for more information."));
 }
 
 int cmd_pull(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
-- 
2.30.0.rc0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-12-18 21:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-18 21:10 [PATCH v2 00/13] pull: pull mode part 2 Felipe Contreras
2020-12-18 21:10 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] doc: pull: explain what is a fast-forward Felipe Contreras
2020-12-18 21:10 ` Felipe Contreras [this message]
2020-12-18 21:10 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] pull: cleanup autostash check Felipe Contreras
2020-12-18 21:10 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] pull: trivial cleanup Felipe Contreras
2020-12-18 21:10 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] pull: trivial whitespace style fix Felipe Contreras
2020-12-18 21:10 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] pull: introduce --merge option Felipe Contreras
2020-12-18 21:10 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] rebase: add REBASE_DEFAULT Felipe Contreras
2020-12-18 21:10 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] pull: move configurations fetches Felipe Contreras
2020-12-18 21:10 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] pull: show warning with --ff options Felipe Contreras
2020-12-18 21:10 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] pull: add pull.mode Felipe Contreras
2020-12-18 21:10 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] pull: add pull.mode=fast-forward Felipe Contreras
2020-12-18 21:10 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] pull: reorganize mode conditionals Felipe Contreras
2020-12-18 21:10 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] pull: improve --rebase and pull.rebase interaction Felipe Contreras

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