Re: [PATCH] git push --track

[Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>]

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 3:18 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>>> And it doesn't add --track to the UI.
>>
>> That's not a positive...
>
> Oh, that is definitely a *HUGE* plus.  I wouldn't go so far as to say that
> the word --track was a mistake.  But the thing is, unfortunately it has
> already been contaminated by people using it in two completely different
> ways and ended up confusing new people.  Some use it to mean "this branch
> forked off of and builds on top of", and others use it to mean "this ref
> holds a copy for reference purposes".

Then the right thing to do is to rename existing uses of --track so
that they're not confusing.  Much-wanted functionality should not be
rejected simply because of an earlier mistake which is essentially
orthogonal to it, and which can be corrected easily enough.

So let's just say we're discussing the semantics, and it will use
another option name, which will be then retrofitted to other similar
uses for consistency (as should surely be done regardless of what
happens with this command):

   git push --GRUBBLENUT

-Miles

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