From: Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, GIT <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Any interest in 'git merge --continue' as a command
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 21:49:13 +1300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFOYHZAsU_gNb=_K=iMFKFdt60SJ4Wm=Ag5=XMXuQgxNxCqWLA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqshpwrjyz.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>
>>> They knew about git rebase --continue (and git am and git cherry-pick)
>>> but they were unsure how to "continue" a merge (it didn't help that
>>> the advice saying to use 'git commit' was scrolling off the top of the
>>> terminal). I know that using 'git commit' has been the standard way to
>>> complete a merge but given other commands have a --continue should
>>> merge have it as well?
>>
>> 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.
>
Yeah I did think that --continue wasn't quite the right word. git
merge --conclude would probably be the most accurate.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-10 8:49 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 [this message]
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 ` Any interest in 'git merge --continue' as a command Jeff King
2016-12-10 18:16 ` Junio C Hamano
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