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Re: Pick the right default and stop warn on `git pull`

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Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 23, 2020, 19:37 UTC
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On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 1:15 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Vít Ondruch <vondruch@redhat.com> writes:
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> > While I understand that the merge after `git pull` is probably not the
> > best strategy (as explained in [1]), asking people to change their
> > configuration to choose their default strategy with every `git pull`
> > is not any better.
>
> There is no clear "default that would suit everybody".
This is a false dichotomy.

Yes, there's no default that would suit everybody, but there is a better default than the current one:

fast-forward-only:
https://lore.kernel.org/git/1398988808-29678-1-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com/
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Felipe Contreras
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Message 28 of 29 in “Pick the right default and stop warn on `git pull`”
  1. Vít OndruchNov 23, 2020
  2. Alex HenrieNov 23, 2020
  3. Theodore Y. Ts'oNov 23, 2020
  4. Felipe ContrerasNov 23, 2020
  5. Theodore Y. Ts'oNov 23, 2020
  6. Felipe ContrerasNov 23, 2020
  7. Jeff KingNov 23, 2020
  8. Alex HenrieNov 23, 2020
  9. Jeff KingNov 24, 2020
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2020
  11. Felipe ContrerasNov 23, 2020
  12. Jeff KingNov 24, 2020
  13. Felipe ContrerasNov 24, 2020
  14. Jeff KingNov 24, 2020
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2020
  16. Jeff KingNov 24, 2020
  17. Felipe ContrerasNov 24, 2020
  18. Jeff KingNov 24, 2020
  19. Felipe ContrerasNov 24, 2020
  20. Jeff KingNov 24, 2020
  21. Vít OndruchNov 24, 2020
  22. Alex HenrieNov 24, 2020
  23. Felipe ContrerasNov 24, 2020
  24. Alex HenrieNov 24, 2020
  25. Junio C HamanoNov 25, 2020
  26. Felipe ContrerasNov 26, 2020
  27. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2020
  28. Felipe ContrerasNov 23, 2020
  29. Felipe ContrerasNov 23, 2020

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