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Re: [PATCH 3/3] pull: introduce --[no-]autostash and pull.autostash

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Apr 15, 2013, 13:45 UTC
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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> writes:
> First, this is not why Junio said pull.autostash is harmful: he had a
> completely different objection.
Yes. This is another objection.
> Second, this makes no sense.  The user consciously made the decision
> to set pull.autostash to true
... possibly a long time ago.
> This case is roughly equivalent to the user executing 'git stash' and
> suddenly waking up one day and complaining "WTF, where are my
> important changes?!?".

I disagree. A configuration option is something you set once, and then forget about. A command, or a command-line option, is something you explicitely add when you need it.

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Message 14 of 44 in “Introduce pull.autostash”
  1. 0/3 Introduce pull.autostashRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 13, 2013
  2. 1/3 pull: prefer invoking "git <command>" over "git-<command>"Ramkumar Ramachandra, Apr 13, 2013
  3. Philip OakleyApr 14, 2013
  4. 2/3 t5521 (pull-options): use test_commit() where appropriateRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 13, 2013
  5. 3/3 pull: introduce --[no-]autostash and pull.autostashRamkumar Ramachandra, Apr 13, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  7. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 15, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  9. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 15, 2013
  10. Matthieu MoyApr 15, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  12. Matthieu MoyApr 15, 2013
  13. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 15, 2013
  14. Matthieu MoyApr 15, 2013
  15. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 15, 2013
  16. Matthieu MoyApr 15, 2013
  17. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 15, 2013
  18. Jonathan NiederApr 16, 2013
  19. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 15, 2013
  20. Matthieu MoyApr 15, 2013
  21. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 15, 2013
  22. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 15, 2013
  23. Matthieu MoyApr 15, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  25. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 15, 2013
  26. John KeepingApr 15, 2013
  27. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 15, 2013
  28. Jonathan NiederApr 16, 2013
  29. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 16, 2013
  30. Jonathan NiederApr 16, 2013
  31. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  32. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 15, 2013
  33. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2013
  34. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 15, 2013
  35. John KeepingApr 15, 2013
  36. Matthieu MoyApr 15, 2013
  37. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 16, 2013
  38. Matthieu MoyApr 16, 2013
  39. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 16, 2013
  40. Matthieu MoyApr 16, 2013
  41. Matthieu MoyApr 16, 2013
  42. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2013
  43. Phil HordApr 16, 2013
  44. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 16, 2013

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