Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > However, I thought of this option before Junio suggested a > rebase.backend config setting, so we could just rely on that instead. > Thus, getting rid of the "--am" flag in detail would mean: > * I need to redo the test changes in this series to use "-c > rebase.backend=am" instead of "--am" > * It will be slightly harder for users to use the escape hatch in > one-off cases during the transition > * We need to figure out the right way to reword the documentation > > The first two are pretty minor, so that probably means I just need to > come up with some good wording for the documentation (suggestions > welcome...) It probably is a good idea to keep --am (and possibly --[no-]am) as long as rebase.backend option exists. A configuration variable that changes behaviour without allowing it to be overridden from the command line is not a good idea.
