From: Tao Klerks <tao@klerks.biz>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 07:31:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] merge: new autosetupmerge option 'simple' for matching branches
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On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 1:57 PM Tao Klerks <tao@klerks.biz> wrote:
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>
> I will have another go at proposing a complete, easy-to-understand,
> easy-to-enter, "simple" workflow that emphasises local and remote
> branch "correspondence" by encouraging "branch.XXX.merge" to always
> and automatically be set to the same-name branch on the remote (and
> not any other "parent" you might have branched from when creating a
> topic branch), and a reasonable non-intrusive, non-misleading way to
> on-ramp into it.

I now have a complete proposal that I think is coherent, clear,
improves the user experience as desired, and does not interfere with
any of the existing functionality/workflows. There are a couple
niggles around naming that I'd like feedback on. I expect to submit
this new proposal today.

(nb: it's become a patch series again)