From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Kastrup Subject: Re: Pull is Mostly Evil Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 10:17:09 +0200 Message-ID: <87iopnwa2i.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <5363BB9F.40102@xiplink.com> <5364A143.1060404@bbn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: Junio C Hamano , Marc Branchaud , Git Mailing List To: Richard Hansen X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat May 03 10:17:30 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WgV8S-0006fD-IB for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 10:17:28 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750961AbaECIRO (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2014 04:17:14 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:46377 "EHLO fencepost.gnu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750881AbaECIRL (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2014 04:17:11 -0400 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45418 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WgV89-0004lV-K4; Sat, 03 May 2014 04:17:09 -0400 Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3F361E08B6; Sat, 3 May 2014 10:17:09 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <5364A143.1060404@bbn.com> (Richard Hansen's message of "Sat, 03 May 2014 03:56:51 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Richard Hansen 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