On Fri, Jul 07, 2017 at 11:24:15AM +0200, Stefan Haller wrote: > > Let's disable the form that relies on the stability of remote-tracking > > branches by default, and allow users who _know_ their remote-tracking > > branches are stable to enable it with a configuration variable. > > I'm wondering if people who claim they know they are safe really do. > Elsewhere in the other thread somebody said "I only ever explicitly > fetch, so I know I'm safe". Are you sure? > > Consider this example: Thanks, these are all really good examples. I think another one is just: $ git fetch [time passes] $ git checkout branch $ git rebase -i [oops, I forgot to merge in the latest changes before rewriting] $ git push --force-with-lease That doesn't even require a fetch/pull after you start working. It's simply a mismatch between reality and what the default assumes (that whatever you were working on incorporated the latest work from upstream). -Peff
