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Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:06:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Ben Knoble Cc: Harald Nordgren , Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget , git@vger.kernel.org, Josh Steadmon Subject: Re: [PATCH] branch: let inherit track a remote-tracking start point In-Reply-To: (Ben Knoble's message of "Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:25:15 -0400") References: Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:06:10 -0700 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Ben Knoble writes: > Overkill, possibly, but easier to expand in a compatible way over time > (other than piling new modifier --options on top, which makes the CLI confusing IMO). Yes, exactly. A myopic initial design can easily paint us into a UI corner from which we cannot easily escape without awkward options. That is why I care. Thanks.