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Re: stripping [PATCH] without losing later tags from mailed patches (Re: [ 02/12] Remove COMPAT_IA32 support)

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Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Date
Mar 12, 2012, 18:50 UTC
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<20120312185008.GH12405@1wt.eu>
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On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:04:23AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> >> So perhaps we can safely claim -b for --keep-non-patch, like so:
> 
> We can delete "git am -b" (as it was deprecated long time ago), wait
> for a cycle or two, and then repurpose it.  I do not mind starting
> the first step (delete, but do not say anything about repurposing)
> before 1.7.10-rc1 happens.
>From my user experience and what I see on a number of coworkers, users

tend to make big jumps when they need a new feature, so in practice, not offering the option in a version or two would probably not affect most users, especially the ones still relying on the old behaviour. So I don't see much benefit in waiting for repurposing the option.

Just my 2 cents, Willy

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  3. Greg KHMar 12, 2012
  4. Willy TarreauMar 12, 2012
  5. Thomas RastMar 12, 2012
  6. Willy TarreauMar 12, 2012
  7. Jonathan NiederMar 12, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2012
  9. Willy TarreauMar 12, 2012
  10. Jonathan NiederMar 12, 2012
  11. Willy TarreauMar 12, 2012
  12. Thomas RastMar 12, 2012
  13. Jonathan NiederMar 12, 2012
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  15. Jonathan NiederMar 12, 2012
  16. Thomas RastMar 13, 2012
  17. Jonathan NiederMar 13, 2012
  18. Thomas RastMar 13, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2012
  20. Jonathan NiederMar 13, 2012
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2012
  22. git-am: officially deprecate -b/--binaryJunio C Hamano, Mar 13, 2012
  23. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2012
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  25. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2012
  26. Willy TarreauMar 12, 2012
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  29. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2012
  30. Greg KHMar 12, 2012
  31. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2012
  32. Greg KHMar 12, 2012
  33. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2012
  34. Willy TarreauMar 12, 2012
  35. Jonathan NiederMar 12, 2012
  36. SergioMar 13, 2012
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