Sergey Organov <sorganov@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I already agreed long ago that to be on the safe side we shouldn't > simply change -m nowadays, and addressed that concern by putting -m > behavior change under configuration option in the current series. So > what's the reason of rejection? Before we start talking in circles again, I think the responses elsewhere in the thread still accurately capture mine and Junio's views, e.g.: https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqedr28wwb.fsf@gitster.g https://lore.kernel.org/git/kl6lr0v2i0gn.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/