Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > It does seem strange, it looks like the variable was really added as a > way to turn off the current default. If we do change the default to > --no-fork-point when no upstream is given on the commandline then I > think we should consider allowing "auto" for rebase.forkpoint with the > some meaning as "true" and recommend that instead. Perhaps. The current and existing users do not need to change anything and 'true' should keep working fine, but given that we are discouraging the use of fork-point heuristics, it is not clear if it makes sense to entice new users with a new 'auto' synonym, so, I dunno Thanks. .
