From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 05:58:13 GMT
Subject: Re: `pull --rebase --autostash` fails when fast forward in dirty repo
Message-ID: <xmqqr2zcb1my.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAAZatrCQZq5_Jc=O-6guyKx1BcOcTNOmWoqwGNrbotnK-VXacg@mail.gmail.com>

Tyler Brazier <tylerbrazier@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 6:33 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>>
>>> Anyway. All this has shown me is that it's probably pointless to do this
>>> timing at all on Linux. Somebody on Windows might get better results.
>>>
>>> But regardless, we need to do something. Correctness must trump
>>> optimizations, and the question is whether we can throw out the whole
>>> conditional, or if we should just restrict when it kicks in.
>>
>> Yes.  I personally do not mind going with the simplest approach.
>> The optimization thing is relatively new and we were perfectly happy
>> without it before ;-).

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> Does git accept outside pull requests? I wouldn't mind committing the
> fix for this once it's been decided what the fix should be. (It might
> help my resume ;)

Please see Documentation/SubmittingPatches.

Thanks.