Re: [PATCH v2] status: compare against both upstream and push branch by default

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 23, 2026, 23:07 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqh5ic2eyr.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAHwyqnXwFwJYSA-ktNuDKk6RfXjyvFiYka-K13-9wq=qFgKnjQ@mail.gmail.com>

Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com> writes:

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>> > This is the point behind this: To ease users into triangular thinking.
>> > We should not assume our users are git experts, many of my them never
>> > read the git docs.
>>
>> So instead we should assume that they start from mental model that
>> was destroyed by use of GitHub?  The need to do so somehow makes it
>> smell like a sad world.
>
> I think it's better to accept the world as it is rather than engaging
> in wishful thinking :)

At least you could push whatever is encouraging the use of "-u" to break their mental model into also suggesting to set the necessary configuration, which would make _them_ internally consistent, without breaking existing users (and without bothering me).