On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:04:23AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> So perhaps we can safely claim -b for --keep-non-patch, like so: > > We can delete "git am -b" (as it was deprecated long time ago), wait > for a cycle or two, and then repurpose it. I do not mind starting > the first step (delete, but do not say anything about repurposing) > before 1.7.10-rc1 happens. >From my user experience and what I see on a number of coworkers, users tend to make big jumps when they need a new feature, so in practice, not offering the option in a version or two would probably not affect most users, especially the ones still relying on the old behaviour. So I don't see much benefit in waiting for repurposing the option. Just my 2 cents, Willy -- 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