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From: Richard Hansen <rhansen@bbn.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/7] pull: rename pull.rebase to pull.mode
Date: Fri, 02 May 2014 19:51:57 -0400
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On 2014-05-02 17:12, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> Richard Hansen wrote:
>> Should branch.autosetuprebase be replaced with a new
>> branch.autosetupmode setting?
> 
> Maybe. But if so, I think that should be done in another series.
> Otherwise we'll never have a chance to change anything.

Sure.

>>>                                  The possible values are 'merge',
>>> +	'rebase', and 'rebase-preserve'.
>>
>> While the name 'merge' is mostly self-explanatory, I think it needs
>> further clarification:  Does 'merge' imply --no-ff?  Or --ff?  Or the
>> value of merge.ff?
> 
> 'pull.mode=merge' will do the same as `git merge`, I don't see where or
> how it can be explained more clearly.

How about:

branch.<name>.pullmode::
	Determines how 'git pull' integrates the fetched branch into
	branch <name>.
	Defaults to the value of `pull.mode`.
	Supported values:
+
--
	`merge`:::
		Merge the fetched branch into <name>.
		See also `merge.ff`.
	`rebase`:::
		Find the point at which <name> forked from the fetched
		branch (see the `--fork-point` option of
		linkgit:git-merge-base[1]), then rebase the commits
		between the fork point and branch <name> onto the
		fetched branch.
	`rebase-preserve`:::
		Like `rebase` but passes `--preserve-merges` to 'git
		rebase'.
--
+
*NOTE*: `rebase` and `rebase-preserve` are potentially dangerous; do
*not* use them unless you understand the implications (see
linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).

pull.mode::
	See `branch.<name>.pullmode`.  Defaults to `merge`.

> 
>> Which side will be the first parent?
> 
> The same as things currently are: the pulled branch into the current
> branch (current branch is first parent).

This was a rhetorical question -- I was trying to point out that the
current behavior should be documented.

> 
> We should probably change this, but that's out of scope of this series,
> and hasn't been decided yet.

Agreed.  If this series is merged, a future series could add a
'merge-there' pull mode.

>> Also, rather than copy+paste
>> the description from branch.<name>.pullmode, I'd prefer a brief
>> reference.  For example:
>>
>> pull.mode::
>>     See branch.<name>.pullmode.  Defaults to 'merge'.
> 
> I'd say pull.mode is the important one.

Either way works for me.  How about this:

branch.<name>.pullmode::
	Overrides the value of `pull.mode` for branch <name>.

pull.mode::
	Determines how 'git pull' integrates the fetched branch into
	the current branch.
	Supported values:
+
--
	`merge`:::
		(default)
		Merge the fetched branch into the current branch.
		See also `merge.ff`.
	`rebase`:::
		Find the point at which the current branch forked from
		the fetched branch (see the `--fork-point` option of
		linkgit:git-merge-base[1]), then rebase the commits
		between the fork point and the current branch onto the
		fetched branch.
	`rebase-preserve`:::
		Like `rebase` but passes `--preserve-merges` to 'git
		rebase'.
--
+
*NOTE*: `rebase` and `rebase-preserve` are potentially dangerous; do
*not* use them unless you understand the implications (see
linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).

-Richard