Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 12:58 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> > Let me ask two questions: >> > >> > 1. When is it beneficial for users to set both pull.ff and pull.rebase? >> > 2. Is it harmful to users for us to allow both to be set when we will >> > just ignore one? >> > >> > I believe the answer to (1) is "never", and the answer to (2) is "yes". >> >> I agree (1) never gives you anything, even though it does not hurt, >> and (2) is "meh". > > Okay, let's drop this series then. Not so fast. I did have problem with some combinations you hinted (vaguely---so it is more like "combinations I thought you hinted"), but making sure various combinations of options and configuration variables work sensibly is a worthy goal to have, I would think.
