From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:17:42 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] make "git fetch" update all fetch repositories Message-ID: <7vzlrc45ex.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20080429230237.GA22598@sigill.intra.peff.net> Jeff King writes: > I wonder this a bit, too, and I am even somebody who _likes_ the new > behavior. But there is a difference between "should have been designed > this way in the first place" and "is currently designed some other way, > and will cause pain to switch it to this way." > > So it might simply not be worth the trouble to change. OTOH, I think > this is how we end up with many commands to do slightly different > things, which can end up confusing new users. I'm not sure what the > right answer is. Well, the thing is, push and fetch are different, so expecting the same behaviour and syntax from them is a lost cause to begin with. Even if we were designing fetch and push right now, I do not necessarily think the series shows a way that "should have been designed in the first place".