On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:04:23AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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So perhaps we can safely claim -b for --keep-non-patch, like so:

We can delete "git am -b" (as it was deprecated long time ago), wait
for a cycle or two, and then repurpose it.  I do not mind starting
the first step (delete, but do not say anything about repurposing)
before 1.7.10-rc1 happens.

From my user experience and what I see on a number of coworkers, users

tend to make big jumps when they need a new feature, so in practice,
not offering the option in a version or two would probably not affect
most users, especially the ones still relying on the old behaviour. So
I don't see much benefit in waiting for repurposing the option.

Just my 2 cents,
Willy