Christian Couder [off-list ref] writes:
The new option name is "--keep-local-changes" because that's what
Junio used in the last email of the previous discussion, but my
opinion is that it is a bit long and so I'd like to rename it "--keep"
or another such short name.
I vaguely recall that I mentioned something like "I still don't know what
you are going to use this for, even though I think I am starting to
understand it a bit better than before. In any case, it sounds like 'keep
local changes' rather than 'safe'".
Please don't take that as a serious suggestion of a better name.
IOW, don't mind me---come up with a name that describes what you
are doing better. But please don't blame me either ;-)