Re: [PATCH] git-merge -s theirs

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com> writes:

> This patch steals much code from "git-merge-resolve" to add "theirs"
> strategy.  Its purpose is to always fail and suggest using the preferred
> command "git reset --hard the-other-commit".
> ...
> +echo "If you wanted to say the other history is better than your history," 
> +echo "use 'git reset --hard $remotes' instead." 
> +echo "If you want to keep a record of your failure, you can create a" 
> +echo "new branch from the current HEAD before running the reset command." 
> +
> +exit 2

That is certainly cute, but I do not like it for two reasons:

 - This advertizes "theirs" as available when you ask "git merge -s whoa",
   and then the user is told "don't use this stupid, go away".  That is
   not exactly a good diplomacy to earn friends.

 - The message gives a rather long hexdecimal string in its suggestion to
   run "git reset --hard".  This is not exactly your fault, though. The
   original refname the user gave to "git-merge" is not available to your
   strategy.