From: Horst H. von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:34:11 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-explain
Message-ID: <200612051734.kB5HYBUs016133@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl>
In-Reply-To: <peff@peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

[...]

> 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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