On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:33 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> It might become more important if someone ever writes a tool that does >> a bisection on the user's behalf. In this case, aborting the tool >> might leave the HEAD in, what appears to the user, a confused state. > > Yes, I would prefer a series without --use-this-ref-for-bisect-status and > then a follow-up series on top of it to add that as a separate feature. > > Thanks. > Ok, I understand that you are not convinced that such a series is necessary and so may not integrate it at this point. However, I will prepare one, just for the record. In this hypothetical additional series, are you happy for --no-checkout to become a synonym for --update-ref=HEAD in the manner of v8? From a technical perspective, it doesn't seem necessary to duplicate the state variables and parameters. jon. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html