From: Michael Witten <mfwitten@mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:45:05 GMT
Subject: Re: Proposed git mv behavioral change
Message-ID: <8D972813-2D7F-4D6A-958F-B76E947E7BC3@MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <20071020063628.GV14735@spearce.org>


On 20 Oct 2007, at 2:36:28 AM, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:

> Today I move the file, then unstage the hunks I'm not sure about,
> then go back and restage them.  Annoying.  It really disrupts
> my workflow.

I know it's against policy, but the proposed change should be set
as the default at some point, in my opinion.

Perhaps when the -u flagged is not used, there can be a warning that
states -u will become the default at a certain time.

In fact, -u speaks "update" to me, and I would expect it to signal
the current behavior.

I have a feeling that my suggestion will not go far,
but I also think that backwards compatibility can
overstay its welcome.