RE: [PATCH] rerere: enable by default

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Junio C Hamano wrote:
> By default, the rerere machinery has been disabled since a bug in
> the machinery could screw up the end user's data at the most
> stressful time during the end user's workday (i.e. during conflict
> resolution).
> 
> It however has been in wide use without causing much trouble (other
> than, obviously, replaying a broken conflict resolution that was
> recorded earlier when the user made a mismerge), and it is about
> time to enable it by default.

That is a good diea.

> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>

But did you really come up with it all by yourself?

Could perhaps this mail [1] sent 5 days prior have anything to do with it?

> If the defaults make your life hard, then shouldn't we change the
> defaults?

> But, if we are already on this topic... who wants rerere disabled by
> default?

Cheers.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/60b61089ba63d_e40ca20894@natae.notmuch/

-- 
Felipe Contreras



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