Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Ensure consistent usage of mergetool.keepBackup in git

> On  0, David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> wrote:
>> It /seems/ like the docs and completion should be updated.
> 
> Though my guess is as good as any....
> I'd rather hear someone else's opinion.
> 
> $ git log -p 44c36d1c
> commit 44c36d1ccc9a40bfb31910dfd7e18d59fa8be502
> Author: Charles Bailey <charles@hashpling.org>
> Date:   Thu Feb 21 23:30:02 2008 +0000
> 
>     Tidy up git mergetool's backup file behaviour
>     
>     Currently a backup pre-merge file with conflict markers is sometimes
>     kept with a .orig extenstion and sometimes removed depending on the
>     particular merge tool used.
>     
>     This patch makes the handling consistent across all merge tools and
>     configurable via a new mergetool.keepBackup config variable
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Charles Bailey <charles@hashpling.org>
>     Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> 
> 
> The commit comment says mergetool.keepBackup, even though the code always
> had it as merge.keepBackup.
> 
> $ git log -p 7e30682c
> 
> Right now more people have merge.keepbackup already set since git-gui
> has had it that way for the last 7 months or so.  Nevertheless,
> Shawn's already applied the git-gui patch which hints that maybe
> we should just make the code match the docs.  In which case, a
> patch against pu would be a good thing, but I would like to
> hear someone else's opinion just so that you don't waste time
> going down the wrong route.
>