Re: [PATCH v8 4/8] notes: allow use of the "rewrite" terminology for merge strategies
Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> writes:
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> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> wrote:
>> From: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
>>
>> notes-merge.c already re-uses the same functions for the automatic merge
>> strategies used by the rewrite functionality. Teach the -s/--strategy
>> option how to interpret the equivalent rewrite terminology for
>> consistency.
>
> I'm somewhat negative to this patch. IMHO, adding the rewrite modes as
> merge strategy synonyms adds no benefit - only potential confusion -
> to the existing merge strategies. ...
> ... By committing to these synonyms now, you might
> actually be making things harder for the future author: once the
> synonyms are part of the user-visible and documented interface, they
> cannot easily be removed/changed again.