From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:48:24 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] feature request: git-mergetool --force
Message-ID: <20081018154824.GA20185@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <48F91E59.50202@gmail.com>

On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 12:23:05AM +0100, William Pursell wrote:

> I occasionally use commands like 'cp $REMOTE $MERGED' with
> mergetool, and would prefer to not be prompted to start
> the tool on each file.  A --force option would be handy.

I think it is reasonable to want to skip this prompt, but I am not sure
"--force" is the right name for such an option. Usually we reserve
--force for "the tool is trying to prevent something destructive or
unusual, and the user wants to override it".

Something like --no-prompt makes more sense to me, though probably
something a little easier to type would be nice (or maybe alias "-n").

-Peff