From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Lang Subject: Re: Pull is Mostly Evil Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 21:30:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <5363BB9F.40102@xiplink.com> <5364A143.1060404@bbn.com> <87iopnwa2i.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <5364b11b4db8d_1996f531068@nysa.notmuch> <87eh0bw5gh.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="680960-191704528-1399177855=:25156" Cc: Felipe Contreras , Richard Hansen , Junio C Hamano , Marc Branchaud , Git Mailing List To: David Kastrup X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun May 04 06:31:20 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 1Wgo57-0007KH-UU for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Sun, 04 May 2014 06:31:18 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752111AbaEDEbO (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 May 2014 00:31:14 -0400 Received: from mail.lang.hm ([64.81.33.126]:44779 "EHLO bifrost.lang.hm" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750722AbaEDEbN (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 May 2014 00:31:13 -0400 Received: from asgard.lang.hm (asgard.lang.hm [10.0.0.100]) by bifrost.lang.hm (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3) with ESMTP id s444UsAL010550; Sat, 3 May 2014 21:30:54 -0700 X-X-Sender: dlang@asgard.lang.hm In-Reply-To: <87eh0bw5gh.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --680960-191704528-1399177855=:25156 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sat, 3 May 2014, David Kastrup wrote: > Felipe Contreras writes: > >> David Kastrup wrote: >>> 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. >> >> If you don't have anything to contribute don't disturb the people that >> actually care and are trying to improve Git. Thanks. > > No need to expand on the welcoming atmosphere here. note that this is one person taking the "I don't see any commits from you so your opinion doesn't count" attitude. the vast majority of people here do not take that attitude. David Lang > My heinous plot to > subvert the quality of Git has already been thwarted by making sure that > its "meritocracy" continues relying only on input from those with an > independent income. I'm just sticking around until my current > contributions move into master so that I can summarize the resulting > low-hanging fruit that the meritorious can then pick at great fanfare. > > The sooner my work moves from pu into master, the sooner y'all be rid of > me. > > --680960-191704528-1399177855=:25156--