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Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] receive-pack.c: add a receive.preferatomicpush configuration variable
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Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> writes:

> At some stage it may becomes too many preferences and over-engineered.
> Maybe I should drop this patch and then just require the plain "if you
> want a push to be atomic, then use --atomic-push. end." and we have
> simple and easy to understand semantics.

As I still do not quite understand why you find that this could be a
"convenience preference" on the server operator's end, that would be
my preference, at least until I am convinced why this could be a
good idea.

Thanks.