On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 02:28:29PM -0700, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:
Following git tradition, manpage came after the command's behaviour has
been long established. It will be a behaviour change, and it is open to
debate if the new behaviour is better or if the proposed change of
behaviour hurts existing users.
If my opinion counts, I like the current ("prepend") one, and I think
the best would be to add a new option (and/or make it configurable) for
the new ("replace") one.