On Wed, Sep 01 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> > writes: > >> In 427c3bd28ab (rebase: deprecate --preserve-merges, 2019-03-11) (which was >> included in v2.22.0), we officially deprecated the --preserve-merges >> backend. Over two years later, it is time to drop that backend, and here is >> a patch series that does just that. > > A good goal. There is no remaining use case where (a fictitious and > properly working version of) "--preserve-merges" option cannot be > replaced by "--rebase-merges", is it? I somehow had a feeling that > the other Johannes (sorry if it weren't you, j6t) had cases that the > former worked better, but perhaps I am mis-remembering things. Fair enough. To be clear I think this series is fine as-is, we've just usually done "now that this function is dead, rm it" as part of the series that makes it dead, so I figured fixups/squashes to change those parts would be welcome & integrated, likewise Alban Gruin's suggestions in <62fbd389-28f5-76e5-d3f3-5510415a7bf5@xxxxxxxxx>. But the git-sh-i18n.sh change and/or his suggestions can be done after this lands...