On 9/16/21 5:52 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
Wesley Schwengle <wesley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
As for the patch. The reason why --fork-point is default I do not
know, but how to disable it isn't documented and I think it should. It
is hidden in the source code and the release notes of 2.31.0. It
should be more visible. Which is the reason I submitted the patch.
Certainly.
> In any case, updating the documentation to refer to the configuraion
> variable that tweaks the default for --fork-point would be a good
> near-term thing to do, but in the longer term, I think it may make
> sense to fix this "surprise" and transition the default over time,
> i.e.
>
> "git config --help" is the only end-user facing place the reference
> from the configuration variable to the command line option is found.
> We should also have a backreference from the command line option to
> the configuration variable.
A simple reference in the documentation would be a good first step and
the change of the default can than happen over multiple iterations/versions.
Cheers,
Wesley
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