From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Kastrup Subject: Re: Pull is Mostly Evil Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 11:56:46 +0200 Message-ID: <87eh0bw5gh.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <5363BB9F.40102@xiplink.com> <5364A143.1060404@bbn.com> <87iopnwa2i.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <5364b11b4db8d_1996f531068@nysa.notmuch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Richard Hansen , Junio C Hamano , Marc Branchaud , Git Mailing List To: Felipe Contreras X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat May 03 11:58:29 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WgWiC-00031r-PR for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 11:58:29 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751012AbaECJ6V convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2014 05:58:21 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:47322 "EHLO fencepost.gnu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750960AbaECJ6U convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2014 05:58:20 -0400 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46363 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WgWi2-00013u-Ka; Sat, 03 May 2014 05:58:18 -0400 Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C45D9E08B6; Sat, 3 May 2014 11:56:46 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <5364b11b4db8d_1996f531068@nysa.notmuch> (Felipe Contreras's message of "Sat, 03 May 2014 04:04:27 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: =46elipe Contreras writes: > David Kastrup wrote: >> Richard Hansen writes: >>=20 >> > These three usage patterns are at odds; it's hard to change the >> > default behavior of 'git pull' to favor one usage case without >> > harming another. Perhaps this is why there's so much disagreement >> > about what 'git pull' should do. >>=20 >> Should a screwdriver be turning clockwise or counterclockwise by >> default? There are valid arguments for either. > > If you don't have anything to contribute don't disturb the people tha= t > actually care and are trying to improve Git. Thanks. No need to expand on the welcoming atmosphere here. My heinous plot to subvert the quality of Git has already been thwarted by making sure tha= t its "meritocracy" continues relying only on input from those with an independent income. I'm just sticking around until my current contributions move into master so that I=A0can summarize the resulting low-hanging fruit that the meritorious can then pick at great fanfare. The sooner my work moves from pu into master, the sooner y'all be rid o= f me. --=20 David Kastrup