Re: [PATCH v2] you_still_use_that(): reword the instructions

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 27, 2026, 16:01 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqecfjbliz.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <cd741511-b457-4464-aab0-56d8554bf763@app.fastmail.com>

"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> writes:

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> I was thinking that maybe the final bullet point could say something
> like
>
>      ... and don’t send a message voting for it to come back because the
>      decision has already been made
>
> But it *could* be mentioned here instead. “The decision is final ...”
> ...
> And I also bring this up because the commit message says:
>
>      and [the message] is not offering to reconsider a decision that has
>      already taken effect.

I forgot to respond to this part. Yes, we could be more blunt and explicitly state that bringing the issue back to the discussion stage is way too late and unwelcome.

However, offering advice only on finding a replacement should be a sufficient hint for any reasonably clueful person to understand that it is far too late to suggest a reversal. There will always be those who demand that we revisit our decisions regardless of what we tell them, and those people are unsalvageable.