Re: defaults for where to merge from

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Mar 1, 2007, 08:18 UTC
Message-ID: <7vejo9xtot.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0703010010o24513f60x937b5af52362e0c8@mail.gmail.com>

"Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:

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>> If everyone hated the old behavior, old users should already be careful
>> about not git-pull'ing (without options) from any branch but master.  So
>> they won't see any difference.
>
> except for .git/config growing uncontrollably

I think this should be a new option, not the _modified default_. Otherwise it would be harder to sell to olde timers.

	$ git checkout -B <newbranch> remotes/<blah>
        $ git branch --track <newbranch> remotes/<blah>

might be a good compromise.

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