Re: [PATCH 2/2] format-patch: introduce format.defaultTo

Jonathan Nieder wrote:

 1. Most config settings are in noun form: e.g.,
    "[remote] pushDefault = foo".  That makes their names easy to guess
    and makes them easy to talk about: I set the default remote for
    pushing by changing the remote.pushdefault setting.

    '[url "<foo>"] insteadOf' is an exception to that and a bit of an
    aberration.

    This new '[format] defaultTo' repeats the same end-with-a-preposition
    mistake, while I think it would be better to learn from it.

I agree that it's somewhat unconventional to allow people to put a
<revision> as a configuration variable value, but I think it's useful.
url.<url>.insteadOf is incredibly useful, for instance.

 2. Wouldn't a more natural default be @{u}..HEAD instead of relying on
    the user to do the make-work of keeping a local branch that tracks
    master up to date?

Like I said in my message to Junio, @{u} is not necessarily the "best"
default for all workflows, although you can fill that into
format.defaultTo.