From: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
git@vger.kernel.org, tao@klerks.biz, newren@gmail.com,
phillip.wood123@gmail.com, sorganov@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] rebase: stop accepting --rebase-merges=""
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 11:23:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMMLpeSH1itopDuON=7ms_7Li7Qk+9dhzKjT5f7UE11posKK=g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqcz5z0wdb.fsf@gitster.g>
On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 11:08 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > As Johannes pointed out, it's going to be confusing if
> > rebase.merges="" does not mean rebase.merges=false. It's also going to
> > be confusing if rebase.merges="" does not mean --rebase-merges="". The
> > only sane option I see is to drop --rebase-merges="", or to add a
> > deprecation warning now and drop it later.
>
> If we were doing anything, then I think the only sensible way
> forward is to warn and then drop long after everybody forgets about
> it.
>
> But does it really need to be changed? I am perfectly happy to
> declare that those who wants to set rebase.merges to say false
> should set it to false (or no or 0), not an empty string.
>
> Also, "[rebase] merges = " in the configuration files does not have
> to mean the same thing as "--rebase-merges=" from the command line.
> Can't we just reserve that strange "--rebase-merges=" given from the
> command line to those who are already using it, without even
> advertising it in the documentation, document and encourage the
> longhand "--rebase-merges=no-rebase-cousins" from the command line
> and take only the form that corresponds to it in the configuration
> file, i.e. "[rebase] merges = no-rebase-cousins". We could even
> error out "[rebase] merges = " in the configuration file, as nobody
> is using such a configuration variable today.
The only way to truly make "[rebase] merges =" invalid is to print an
error message and die with that configuration. I think that would be
confusing too, especially since it's now looking like rebase.merges
needs to be a pure boolean and an independent rebase.cousins boolean
option is needed as well. However, if you think that that's better
than deprecating --rebase-merges="" with the plan to drop it long
after everybody forgets about it, then I'm happy to oblige. Just let
me know what is wanted.
-Alex
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-02-24 18:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 96+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-02-23 5:34 [PATCH v4 1/3] rebase: add documentation and test for --no-rebase-merges Alex Henrie
2023-02-23 5:34 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] rebase: stop accepting --rebase-merges="" Alex Henrie
2023-02-24 13:54 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-02-24 17:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-02-24 17:50 ` Alex Henrie
2023-02-24 18:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-02-24 18:23 ` Alex Henrie [this message]
2023-02-24 18:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-02-24 18:55 ` Alex Henrie
2023-02-24 19:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-02-24 19:24 ` Alex Henrie
2023-02-24 19:24 ` Phillip Wood
2023-02-24 19:56 ` Alex Henrie
2023-02-23 5:34 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] rebase: add a config option for --rebase-merges Alex Henrie
2023-02-24 13:53 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-02-24 17:49 ` Alex Henrie
2023-02-24 14:55 ` Phillip Wood
2023-02-24 17:51 ` Alex Henrie
2023-02-23 17:28 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] rebase: add documentation and test for --no-rebase-merges Junio C Hamano
2023-02-24 13:57 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-02-24 19:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-02-25 18:09 ` Alex Henrie
2023-02-25 18:03 ` [PATCH v5 0/3] rebase: add a config option for --rebase-merges Alex Henrie
2023-02-25 18:03 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] rebase: add documentation and test for --no-rebase-merges Alex Henrie
2023-03-01 23:23 ` Glen Choo
2023-02-25 18:03 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] rebase: deprecate --rebase-merges="" Alex Henrie
2023-03-01 23:46 ` Glen Choo
2023-03-02 10:07 ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-02 18:02 ` Calvin Wan
2023-02-25 18:03 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] rebase: add a config option for --rebase-merges Alex Henrie
2023-03-01 23:43 ` Glen Choo
2023-03-02 9:37 ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-04 23:24 ` Alex Henrie
2023-03-07 16:23 ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-12 20:57 ` Alex Henrie
2023-03-13 14:20 ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-13 16:12 ` Felipe Contreras
2023-03-13 19:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-03-24 14:47 ` About replaying "evil" merges... " Johannes Schindelin
2023-03-02 18:02 ` Calvin Wan
2023-03-04 23:24 ` Alex Henrie
2023-03-01 23:14 ` [PATCH v5 0/3] " Glen Choo
2023-03-02 5:02 ` Alex Henrie
2023-03-02 5:09 ` Alex Henrie
2023-03-05 5:07 ` [PATCH v6 0/3] rebase: document, clean up, and introduce " Alex Henrie
2023-03-05 5:07 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] rebase: add documentation and test for --no-rebase-merges Alex Henrie
2023-03-08 22:25 ` Sergey Organov
2023-03-05 5:07 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] rebase: deprecate --rebase-merges="" Alex Henrie
2023-03-07 14:59 ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-05 5:07 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] rebase: add a config option for --rebase-merges Alex Henrie
2023-03-07 14:56 ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-07 18:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-03-12 21:01 ` Alex Henrie
2023-03-08 0:09 ` Glen Choo
2023-03-08 0:02 ` Glen Choo
2023-03-12 21:03 ` Alex Henrie
2023-03-15 2:52 ` Alex Henrie
2023-03-16 17:32 ` Glen Choo
2023-03-16 18:11 ` Felipe Contreras
2023-03-16 22:46 ` Glen Choo
2023-03-16 23:48 ` Felipe Contreras
2023-03-16 20:27 ` Alex Henrie
2023-03-16 22:39 ` Glen Choo
2023-03-18 5:59 ` Alex Henrie
2023-03-24 15:05 ` Johannes Schindelin
2023-03-25 16:59 ` Sergey Organov
2023-03-05 12:22 ` [PATCH v6 0/3] rebase: document, clean up, and introduce " Sergey Organov
2023-03-05 21:33 ` Alex Henrie
2023-03-05 22:54 ` Sergey Organov
2023-03-06 0:02 ` Alex Henrie
2023-03-06 13:23 ` Sergey Organov
2023-03-06 19:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-03-06 17:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-03-06 16:24 ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-06 17:36 ` Alex Henrie
2023-03-07 15:07 ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-08 0:13 ` Glen Choo
2023-03-12 21:04 ` [PATCH v7 " Alex Henrie
2023-03-12 21:04 ` [PATCH v7 1/3] rebase: add documentation and test for --no-rebase-merges Alex Henrie
2023-03-12 21:04 ` [PATCH v7 2/3] rebase: deprecate --rebase-merges="" Alex Henrie
2023-03-12 21:04 ` [PATCH v7 3/3] rebase: add a config option for --rebase-merges Alex Henrie
2023-03-20 5:59 ` [PATCH v8 0/3] rebase: document, clean up, and introduce " Alex Henrie
2023-03-20 5:59 ` [PATCH v8 1/3] rebase: add documentation and test for --no-rebase-merges Alex Henrie
2023-03-20 5:59 ` [PATCH v8 2/3] rebase: deprecate --rebase-merges="" Alex Henrie
2023-03-20 5:59 ` [PATCH v8 3/3] rebase: add a config option for --rebase-merges Alex Henrie
2023-03-22 16:54 ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-23 18:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-03-24 14:52 ` Phillip Wood
2023-03-25 5:23 ` Alex Henrie
2023-03-25 5:21 ` Alex Henrie
2023-03-26 3:06 ` [PATCH v9 0/3] rebase: document, clean up, and introduce " Alex Henrie
2023-03-26 3:06 ` [PATCH v9 1/3] rebase: add documentation and test for --no-rebase-merges Alex Henrie
2023-03-26 3:06 ` [PATCH v9 2/3] rebase: deprecate --rebase-merges="" Alex Henrie
2023-03-26 3:06 ` [PATCH v9 3/3] rebase: add a config option for --rebase-merges Alex Henrie
2023-03-26 15:12 ` [PATCH v9 0/3] rebase: document, clean up, and introduce " Phillip Wood
2023-03-27 16:33 ` Junio C Hamano
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