Re: [PATCH] disable grafts during fetch/push/bundle

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 5, 2014, 20:24 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq4n3cgzrc.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20140305192837.GA11304@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> On Wed, Mar 05, 2014 at 11:18:17AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Given that we discourage "grafts" strongly and "replace" less so
>> (but still discourage it), telling the users that biting the bullet
>> and rewriting the history is _the_ permanent solution, I think it is
>> understandable why nobody has bothered to.
>
> Perhaps the patch below would help discourage grafts more?
>
> The notable place in the documentation where grafts are still used is
> git-filter-branch.txt.  But since the example there is about cementing
> rewritten history, it might be OK to leave.

Thanks; I agree with the reasoning.