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Re: 'next' will be rewound shortly

From
Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
Jun 27, 2008, 21:36 UTC
Message-ID
<20080627213605.GD2058@genesis.frugalware.org>
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On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 02:28:29PM -0700, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Following git tradition, manpage came after the command's behaviour has
> been long established.  It will be a behaviour change, and it is open to
> debate if the new behaviour is better or if the proposed change of
> behaviour hurts existing users.

If my opinion counts, I like the current ("prepend") one, and I think the best would be to add a new option (and/or make it configurable) for the new ("replace") one.

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Message 9 of 15 in “[ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.5.6”
  1. Junio C HamanoJun 18, 2008
  2. A note from the maintainerJunio C Hamano, Jun 19, 2008
  3. 'next' will be rewound shortlyJunio C Hamano, Jun 19, 2008
  4. Stephan BeyerJun 27, 2008
  5. Miklos VajnaJun 27, 2008
  6. Stephan BeyerJun 27, 2008
  7. Miklos VajnaJun 27, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2008
  9. Miklos VajnaJun 27, 2008
  10. Stephan BeyerJun 27, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 28, 2008
  12. A note from the maintainerJunio C Hamano, Jul 14, 2008
  13. Steffen ProhaskaJun 22, 2008
  14. [ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.5.6.1Junio C Hamano, Jun 26, 2008
  15. Steffen ProhaskaJul 1, 2008

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