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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.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: Fri, 2 May 2014 18:36:13 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140502223612.GA11374@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <536414352fa24_1976139f2f0f9@nysa.notmuch>

On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 04:55:01PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:

> They can do:
> 
> % git pull origin master
> 
> That shouldn't revese the bases.

Then they have to remember to do that every time, no? That seems a
little error-prone versus setting a config option.

> > Such users are going to run "git pull origin master" or just "git pull"
> > to get that merge.
> 
> I'd say the vast majority of users running "git pull" want the parents
> reversed, the minority that doesn't can switch to "git pull origin
> master" (or add a configuration).

I'm not sure I agree, but I don't think either of us has actual data.

> Most likely the consensus and the proposals will be ignored and nothing
> will change as usual, but that's a different thing.

Is it truly necessary to make sniping comments like this at the end of
each email? It _is_ being discussed right now, and these comments do
nothing except irritate your readers. Please stop.

-Peff

  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-02 22:36 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 [this message]
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
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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