Re: [PATCH] git init: activate rerere by default

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jul 5, 2007, 17:15 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707051811310.9789@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <7vsl82dcj0.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Hi,

On Thu, 5 Jul 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> "Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > On 7/5/07, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> We have a working implementation of rerere since long ago, and we even
> >> make sure that it works as expected in a test case.  It is also a very
> >> useful feature, so why not turn it on for the benefit of users who are
> >> not even aware of it? This patch does that.
> >
> > Maybe just create in template directory?
> 
> Sounds saner.

Does it?

I had the impression that the templates are meant for site-specific modifications. My patch tried to make it more standard than that.

For example, you _could_ have set core.logallrefupdates from the templates, yet you chose not to, but rather hard-wire it into "git init". Which I completely agree to.

Ciao, Dscho