Re: Possible git bug

From: Wesley Schwengle <wesley@schwengle.net>
Date: Sep 16, 2021, 22:30 UTC
Message-ID: <4d17d26a-d945-3875-beed-e23ae6281f54@schwengle.net>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqmtocrxwq.fsf@gitster.g>

On 9/16/21 5:52 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Wesley Schwengle <wesley@schwengle.net> writes:

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>> As for the patch. The reason why --fork-point is default I do not
>> know, but how to disable it isn't documented and I think it should. It
>> is hidden in the source code and the release notes of 2.31.0. It
>> should be more visible. Which is the reason I submitted the patch.
> 
> Certainly.
>

 > In any case, updating the documentation to refer to the configuraion
 > variable that tweaks the default for --fork-point would be a good
 > near-term thing to do, but in the longer term, I think it may make
 > sense to fix this "surprise" and transition the default over time,
 > i.e.
 >
 > "git config --help" is the only end-user facing place the reference
 > from the configuration variable to the command line option is found.
 > We should also have a backreference from the command line option to
 > the configuration variable.

A simple reference in the documentation would be a good first step and the change of the default can than happen over multiple iterations/versions.

Cheers, Wesley

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