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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] request-pull: do something if $3 is passed
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 23:11:00 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqvbiz4ruj.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFy_63YEaYa4KYEiMP+pR0-MKrf2nd1PgnJ2Ez2XJuVGhQ@mail.gmail.com> (Linus Torvalds's message of "Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:18:16 -0800")

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> So basically I agree that git request-pull has changed behavior, but
> the new behavior is *more* in line with other git commands, and the
> old behavior was actually really really odd with that whole extensive
> "guess what the user means". No other git command ever did that
> guessing thing (ok, famous last words, maybe somebody can come up with
> one), and not mentioning a branch/tag/commit explicitly pretty much
> always means "HEAD".

OK.

There may be some stuff that DWIMs "HEAD" to something other than
the commit that is at the tip of HEAD, but I agree that the fewer we
have such oddballs, the better.

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-02-18  7:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-02-16 18:16 [PATCH 0/3] request-pull: do something if $3 is passed Paolo Bonzini
2015-02-16 18:16 ` [PATCH 1/3] request-pull: fix expected format in tests Paolo Bonzini
2015-02-16 18:16 ` [PATCH 2/3] request-pull: use "git tag --points-at" to detect local tags Paolo Bonzini
2015-02-16 18:16 ` [PATCH 3/3] request-pull: find matching tag or branch name on remote side Paolo Bonzini
2015-02-16 19:47 ` [PATCH 0/3] request-pull: do something if $3 is passed Junio C Hamano
2015-02-17 10:12   ` Paolo Bonzini
2015-02-17 19:57     ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-17 20:34       ` Paolo Bonzini
2015-02-17 20:42         ` Linus Torvalds
2015-02-17 20:53           ` Paolo Bonzini
2015-02-17 21:04             ` Linus Torvalds
2015-02-17 21:10               ` Paolo Bonzini
2015-02-17 21:18                 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-02-18  7:11                   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2015-02-17 21:03           ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-17 21:08             ` Linus Torvalds

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