From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com>, GIT <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Any interest in 'git merge --continue' as a command
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 03:59:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161210085938.rfbkuwpvyhnhuzhn@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqshpwrjyz.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 11:16:52AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > It seems like that would be in line with 35d2fffdb (Provide 'git merge
> > --abort' as a synonym to 'git reset --merge', 2010-11-09), whose stated
> > goal was providing consistency with other multi-command operations.
> >
> > I assume it would _just_ run a vanilla "git commit", and not try to do
> > any trickery with updating the index (which could be disastrous).
>
> If we were to have "merge --continue", I agree that it would be the
> logical implementation.
>
> There is nothing to "continue" in a stopped merge where Git asked
> for help from the user, and because of that, I view the final "git
> commit" as "concluding the merge", not "continuing". "continue"
> makes quite a lot of sense with rebase and cherry-pick A..B that
> stopped; it concludes the current step and let it continue to
> process the remainder. So from that point of view, it somewhat
> feels strange to call it "merge --continue", but it probably is just
> me.
No, I think your reasoning makes sense. But I also think we've already
choosen to have "--continue" mean "conclude the current, and continue if
there is anything left" in other contexts (e.g., a single-item
cherry-pick). It's more vague, but I think it keeps the user's mental
model simpler if we provide a standard set of options for multi-step
commands (e.g., always "--continue/--abort/--skip", though there are
some like merge that omit "--skip" if it does not make sense).
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-10 8:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-09 7:57 Any interest in 'git merge --continue' as a command Chris Packham
2016-12-09 9:11 ` Jeff King
2016-12-09 10:37 ` Jacob Keller
2016-12-09 19:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-10 8:49 ` Chris Packham
2016-12-10 9:00 ` Jeff King
2016-12-10 10:58 ` Jacob Keller
2016-12-12 8:34 ` [RFC/PATCH] merge: Add '--continue' option as a synonym for 'git commit' Chris Packham
2016-12-12 9:02 ` Markus Hitter
2016-12-13 8:33 ` Chris Packham
2016-12-12 9:40 ` Jeff King
2016-12-13 8:48 ` [PATCHv2 1/2] " Chris Packham
2016-12-13 8:48 ` [PATCHv2 2/2] completion: add --continue option for merge Chris Packham
2016-12-13 11:59 ` [PATCHv2 1/2] merge: Add '--continue' option as a synonym for 'git commit' Jeff King
2016-12-13 18:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-14 8:37 ` [PATCHv3 1/3] " Chris Packham
2016-12-14 8:37 ` [PATCH 2/3] completion: add --continue option for merge Chris Packham
2016-12-14 8:37 ` [PATCH 3/3] merge: Ensure '--abort' option takes no arguments Chris Packham
2016-12-14 15:20 ` [PATCHv3 1/3] merge: Add '--continue' option as a synonym for 'git commit' Jeff King
2016-12-14 17:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-14 18:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-15 7:29 ` Chris Packham
2016-12-15 17:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-15 17:43 ` Jeff King
2016-12-10 8:59 ` Jeff King [this message]
2016-12-10 18:16 ` Any interest in 'git merge --continue' as a command Junio C Hamano
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