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Re: [PATCH] Use fast-forward

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 24, 2009, 14:17 UTC
Message-ID
<94a0d4530910240717i7c8fe973w2623d095daf04ca6@mail.gmail.com>
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<20091024220709.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com> wrote:
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> Quoting Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
>
>> As suggested in the mailing list, now I've replaced all instances of 'fast
>> forward' with 'fast-forward'.
>
> I had an impression that the consensus from the previous
> discussion was that there is no such consensus that this
> is an improvement, because there isn't a clear-cut rule?

I don't think anyone wants to preserve the current inconsistent use, and I haven't seen arguments in favor of 'fast forward' either. My understanding was that the comments were in favor of 'fast-forward' but making it consistent across the code-base:

http://marc.info/?l=git&m=125532404330701&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=git&m=125535210203730&w=2

-- 
Felipe Contreras
Previous: Nanako Shiraishi
Message 14 of 14 in “Use fast-forward”
  1. Use fast-forwardFelipe Contreras, Oct 24, 2009
  2. Use 'fast-forward' all over the placeFelipe Contreras, Oct 24, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2009
  4. Felipe ContrerasOct 24, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2009
  6. Felipe ContrerasOct 25, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 25, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 25, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 25, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 25, 2009
  11. Felipe ContrerasOct 25, 2009
  12. Felipe ContrerasOct 25, 2009
  13. Nanako ShiraishiOct 24, 2009
  14. Felipe ContrerasOct 24, 2009

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