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Re: [PATCH] git-explain

From
Horst H. von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Date
Dec 5, 2006, 17:34 UTC
Message-ID
<200612051734.kB5HYBUs016133@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl>
In-Reply-To
<peff@peff.net>
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> As long as the safety valves don't come up _routinely_ in certain
> workflows, it seems OK to bypass them with a '-f' force switch. I
> suspect the best way to figure out if such workflows are in use is to
> put in the safety valves and see who complains; otherwise we're stuck
> with brainstorming workflows and deciding whether they make sense.

Problem is that nobody reads the manuals, next to nobody complains, and when it doesn't work out via road A you try plan B. A might have been exactly right, but it is blocked, and you'll never know if it is because of fundamental reasons or by decree.

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Message 5 of 5 in “Re: [PATCH] Use explicit pointers for execl...() sentinels.”
  1. Horst von BrandMar 13, 2006
  2. [OT] Re: [PATCH] Use explicit pointers for execl...() sentinels.Jeff King, Mar 14, 2006
  3. Horst von BrandMar 13, 2006
  4. Linus TorvaldsMar 13, 2006
  5. Horst H. von BrandDec 5, 2006

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