Re: Pull is Mostly Evil

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Philip Oakley wrote:
> From: "David Kastrup" <dak@xxxxxxx>
> > Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> >> To that end, I suggest that pull's default behaviour should be to do
> >> *nothing*.  It should just print out a message to the effect that it
> >> hasn't been configured, and that the user should run "git help pull"
> >> for guidance.
> >
> > Fetching is uncontentious, and I _think_ that fast-forwards are pretty
> > uncontentious as well.
> 
> While the fast forward is /pretty/ uncontentious, it still maybe 
> contentious for some.

So? No defaults can please absolutely everyone, the best anybody can do
is try to please the majority of people, and merging fast-forwards only
does that.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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