From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:54:01 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] status: compare against both upstream and push branch by default
Message-ID: <CAHwyqnXwFwJYSA-ktNuDKk6RfXjyvFiYka-K13-9wq=qFgKnjQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqtsmc2hmn.fsf@gitster.g>

> > This is the point behind this: To ease users into triangular thinking.
> > We should not assume our users are git experts, many of my them never
> > read the git docs.
>
> So instead we should assume that they start from mental model that
> was destroyed by use of GitHub?  The need to do so somehow makes it
> smell like a sad world.

I think it's better to accept the world as it is rather than engaging
in wishful thinking :)


Harald