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Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] Be nicer to the user on tracked/untracked merge conflicts

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 26, 2022, 16:13 UTC
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Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@univ-lyon1.fr> writes:
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> Git very rarely goes interactive like this (only a few special command
> like git send-email, git clean -i, git add -i/-p prompt the user).
>
> Prompting the user in the middle of an operation has several drawbacks:
> ...
> In this particular case, actually, I can't imagine a sane behavior
> when the user wants a mix of "yes" / "no". If a single untracked file 
> conflicts with what's being merged, the merge aborts, even if you're
> OK to replace other files. So I can only imagine a single yes/no
> answer. And then the question can be replaced with a suggestion to
> re-run with a command-line flag when all the conflicting files are
> unmodified.
Nicely explained.  Thanks.
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Message 15 of 27 in “[WIP]: make merge nicer to the user”
  1. Guillaume CogoniMar 27, 2022
  2. 0/1 Be nicer to the user on tracked/untracked merge conflictsJonathan, Apr 12, 2022
  3. 1/1 Merge with untracked file that are the same without failure and testJonathan, Apr 12, 2022
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 12, 2022
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 13, 2022
  6. 0/2 Be nicer to the user on tracked/untracked merge conflictsJonathan, Apr 25, 2022
  7. 1/2 t7615: test how merge behave when there is untracked fileJonathan, Apr 25, 2022
  8. 2/2 merge with untracked file that are the same without failureJonathan, Apr 25, 2022
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2022
  10. Guillaume CogoniApr 25, 2022
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2022
  12. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 12, 2022
  13. Jonathan BressatApr 14, 2022
  14. Matthieu MoyApr 26, 2022
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2022
  16. Jonathan BressatApr 28, 2022
  17. 0/4 Be nicer to the user on tracked/untracked merge conflictsJonathan Bressat, May 27, 2022
  18. 1/4 t6436: tests how merge behave when there is untracked file with the same contentJonathan Bressat, May 27, 2022
  19. 2/4 merge with untracked file that are the same without failureJonathan Bressat, May 27, 2022
  20. 3/4 add configuration variable corresponding to --overwrite-same-contentJonathan Bressat, May 27, 2022
  21. 4/4 error message now advice to use the new optionJonathan Bressat, May 27, 2022
  22. Matthieu MoyApr 26, 2022
  23. Matthieu MoyJun 4, 2022
  24. Guillaume CogoniJun 10, 2022
  25. Matthieu MoyJun 4, 2022
  26. Matthieu MoyJun 4, 2022
  27. Matthieu MoyJun 4, 2022

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