Re: Pull is Evil

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 30, 2014, 20:01 UTC
Message-ID: <20140430200146.GU9218@google.com>
In-Reply-To: <536152D3.5050107@xiplink.com>

Marc Branchaud wrote:

> All that said, I don't object to any attempts at improving the command
> either.  But I also don't see any kind of improvement that would lead me to
> start using "git pull" let alone recommending it to new users.

If "git pull" starts using --ff-only by default then I might start recommending it.

I'm a little scared to look at the details of this thread. Hopefully once the topic matures and settles down a little it will be worthwhile to review, or if there's any way I can help before then, feel free to ask me privately.

Thanks for your work, Jonathan

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