Re: [PATCH 2/2] pull: improve default warning

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Alex Henrie wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 11:52 AM Felipe Contreras
> <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > +                "If unsure, run \"git pull --no-rebase\".\n"
> 
> I don't think the message should recommend merging over rebasing;

This is the default strategy.

Doing `git pull` is the same as doing `git pull --no-rebase`, except
with the warning.

> The eventual goal is to get rid of the default here and make the user
> make an educated choice, which does imply some work on the user's
> part, but it avoids the massive headaches created by users merging
> without understanding what they're doing.

Indeed, but any minute change in git's UI is a gargantuan task that
takes several years--or even decades--to accomplish, if it ever happens.
I started this patch in 2013, and here we are.

This patch series is not attempting to do the impossible.

Cheers.

-- 
Felipe Contreras



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