Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > >> I think even without the test-terminal cleanup, this is a good thing. >> Any time there is a heuristic like isatty(), we should have a way for >> the user to be more explicit about what they want(). > > I very often do "git am --no-3" to countermand a failed "git am -3" > (or vice versa), so I'll be hit very hard with a need to retrain my > fingers. But I'll live ;-) Ah, no, this is not about not paying attention to isatty(0), but give us an additional way. I can see how it would help our tests; it would be nicer if the feature also has real world use. But I no longer mind the option existing. > "--retry" is a horrible word, in that it makes it sound like it will > keep trying to apply the same patch over and over until it applies > cleanly or something. Can't we use "--continue" like everybody else > (like "git rebase --continue", etc.), or would that be even more > confusing?
