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Re: [PATCH] Switch receive.denyCurrentBranch to "refuse"

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 30, 2009, 14:35 UTC
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<20090130143521.GA31673@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0901301421170.3586@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 02:23:02PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> > On the other hand, you also missed the boat on receive.denyDeletes and
> > receive.denyNonFastForwards.
> 
> The idea with these is that they are _booleans_, and therefore
> 
> 	[receive]
> 		denyDeletes
> 
> is something natural to write, because "denyDeletes" is _not_ the default.
> 
> However, with denyCurrentBranch we wanted to change the default in the 
> long run, so I agree it was a not-so-brilliant choice.

Good point. I do agree that allowCurrentBranch would have been a better name, but I don't know that it is worth the pain now of adding new config plus supporting the old name forever.

-Peff
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  1. Switch receive.denyCurrentBranch to "refuse"Johannes Schindelin, Jan 30, 2009
  2. Jay SoffianJan 30, 2009
  3. Asheesh LaroiaJan 30, 2009
  4. Dave AbrahamsApr 13, 2010
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  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2009
  10. Jeff KingJan 30, 2009
  11. Johannes SchindelinJan 30, 2009
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  13. Jeff KingJan 30, 2009
  14. Johannes SchindelinJan 30, 2009
  15. Jeff KingJan 30, 2009
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