Re: [PATCH 0/3] rebase -r: support octopus merges

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 12, 2018, 16:26 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqlgagzah1.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1807121450100.75@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> Git is used in *so many* different scenarios, and both in terms of
> commits/day as well as overall repository size *and* development speed,

That misses another important factor, though. How well the project uses the tool, iow, how canonical should its way of using the tool be considered and encouraged to be imitated by others.

> A much more meaningful measure would be: how many octopus merge commits
> have been pushed to GitHub in the past two weeks. I don't think I have the
> technical means to answer that question, though.

It does not mean that misusing a feature is a good thing and should be encouraged if many misguided people do so.