Re: [PATCH v2 0/1] teach format.useAutoBase "whenAble" option

Jacob Keller [off-list ref] writes:

From: Jacob Keller <redacted>

This is a v2 of [1] to address comments on the mailing list. Primarily the
change is to remove the option for --base=if-able, since it is not as useful
as the configuration option. If we think it is desirable, adding back a
whenable or whenAble option is easy enough.

The simplification is a great thing to do, and I agree with the
rationale you wrote ...

    +    This does mean that a user cannot request this optional base commit
    +    generation from the command line. However, this is likely not too
    +    valuable. If the user requests base information manually, they will be
    +    immediately informed of the failure to acquire a suitable base commit.
    +    This allows the user to make an informed choice about whether to
    +    continue the format.

... which is sensible.

Thanks, will queue.