Hi,
Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> a plain
>
> $ git format-patch -o outgoing
>
> is a no-op on a topic branch, and the user has to remember to specify
> 'master' explicitly everytime. Save the user the extra keystrokes by
> introducing format.defaultTo
Not excited. Two reasons:
1. Most config settings are in noun form: e.g.,
"[remote] pushDefault = foo". That makes their names easy to guess
and makes them easy to talk about: I set the default remote for
pushing by changing the remote.pushdefault setting.
'[url "<foo>"] insteadOf' is an exception to that and a bit of an
aberration.
This new '[format] defaultTo' repeats the same end-with-a-preposition
mistake, while I think it would be better to learn from it.
2. Wouldn't a more natural default be @{u}..HEAD instead of relying on
the user to do the make-work of keeping a local branch that tracks
master up to date?
Hope that helps,
Jonathan
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