On 08/01/2020 17:18, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> I view this change in the default backend as similar to the rewrite in >> C in that it is an implementation detail we're changing that should be >> transparent (and beneficial in terms of performance) to the >> user. There we provided a configuration variable but not a command >> line option to control if it was used or not. > > Do you mean things like GIT_TEST_ADD_I_USE_BUILTIN? I think it is > OK to have such an escape mechanism to allow people to opt out of > a new reimplementation until it matures, but I do not offhand recall > doing so with config. I was thinking of rebase.usebuiltin Best Wishes Phillip
