Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> writes: > Am 12.07.20 um 22:52 schrieb Junio C Hamano: >> We could teach "git fetch" a new "--write-fetch-head" option and >> teach "git pull" to pass it when calling "git fetch". It is very >> plausible that some folks rely on "git fetch" to leave FETCH_HEAD >> without being told, so the option must default to on for a few >> development cycles before we flip the default to off, > > Nah, really??? It's one of the benefits of git-fetch that it writes > FETCH_HEAD and the primary reason in many cases where I use the command! > So, either I don't care that FETCH_HEAD is written, or I do use it. IMO, > not wanting to write FETCH_HEAD is the odd case and would need a > configuration tweak, not the other way round. Yeah, that's even easier to arrange. Just the "--[no-]write-fetch-head" command line option and the fetch.writeFetchHEAD configuration variable are introduced and left off by default forever.
