From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_DKIM_INVALID, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B563C1F404 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2018 20:20:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751541AbeA3UT7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:19:59 -0500 Received: from mail-wr0-f194.google.com ([209.85.128.194]:38878 "EHLO mail-wr0-f194.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751296AbeA3UT6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:19:58 -0500 Received: by mail-wr0-f194.google.com with SMTP id t94so1061776wrc.5 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2018 12:19:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=sZh+L9+KurMO5YD/EftvAvy2QHtK+waV4PRnBCZOf4Y=; b=Kyz+vdkrqm6652wrfDf3IoXG+JHn4SKYRlMYbHf86Far4z8jhzZw09/gsC2dSnjzne evSWAaNsc7qPwhqly1lz4m4+4SsXB2oKq1J+4gxo9zsK/HQHgnSr+i1d8oLMIcDtG4Fw KWgGhdUnl/droLAiiD2r7SkS0WCcW7j6TWEUf9QQoOUSi0WfDoH/j1map7+2mypS8RB+ YfYTAgORG4NSWMyINGlRxSMX5X1Xa9sER2Gin14xIJCTL5/Zenkt8QWmW0U0DJot/msj w0zypM+vj8Mubw1NxwycdCp+TO+JXGWOJ8mdD/SDKBs+WqVu69rTjzih4A2YzpUhDRQk 0GYg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=sZh+L9+KurMO5YD/EftvAvy2QHtK+waV4PRnBCZOf4Y=; b=XAVpipKhz6Xvq/q6jyredSIBkK+3KCNKu9AoZ7JegwRoQCZBZrgxU7xO/4blxUxKyj o5wo1I+Yrsf269jjnj+FTDmcqNMFsKCZYiS3raOmm44pQFkoc4EM6glddffPr7Le3RNZ WM+4J+AUBeXKshUM3jTXQvB8wH8trpJOeRXhl7nk9XlwEIDRMzsj3+jdmd7GaU8Hxrph b1pDcGEA2VgPSbqZhywcdK2B2scPdBRoLz7FmjtnHv2sAvru+oDb1xyowIwxkt5LaUVv EN+AOb5TldHwcJr0FMP85Qckr2qH3MBkFT6FrwZaHtsHu7B7qacFBN2s79i9aBreL/rF N6Qg== X-Gm-Message-State: AKwxytc2uQzW2jtJ67E1C8mzWnepAQWCJ4noY4k5XikSkNVTWGPahWVn DUEpYXHHWh8guQz8p6oR9j/1uQgR X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x227iTjZBCB+HqsWBtQ2hkXApvmqOTpkQI+H9ke7g7Rj5KM6hFOnk9T9kMhLZ3csV5YNAP2W70Q== X-Received: by 10.223.150.199 with SMTP id u65mr12444389wrb.137.1517343597185; Tue, 30 Jan 2018 12:19:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (168.50.187.35.bc.googleusercontent.com. [35.187.50.168]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d125sm20443441wmc.47.2018.01.30.12.19.56 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Tue, 30 Jan 2018 12:19:56 -0800 (PST) From: Junio C Hamano To: Johannes Schindelin Cc: Duy Nguyen , Git Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add "git rebase --show-patch" References: <20180126095520.919-1-pclouds@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 12:19:55 -0800 In-Reply-To: (Johannes Schindelin's message of "Tue, 30 Jan 2018 13:32:55 +0100 (STD)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Johannes Schindelin writes: > The pseudo ref certainly has an appeal. For people very familiar with > Git's peculiarities such as FETCH_HEAD. Such as myself. > > For users, it is probably substantially worse an experience than having a > cmdmode like --show-patch in the very command they were just running. I tend to agree with that assessment. FETCH_HEAD was a required mechanism for commands in the toolchain to communicate and wasn't meant as a mechanism for end-users. I do not think it is a good idea to add to the pile to these special files the users would need to look at, when we do not need to. Even if the internal implementation uses such a file, wrapping it with a documented command mode would make a better UI.