# Re: \[PATCH\] pull: don't say that merge is "the default strategy"

- From: Elijah Newren \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-11-19 05:41:37 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/11/7912563
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/11/7912531/t.md

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On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 1:40 PM Alex Henrie [ref] wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 2:30 PM Junio C Hamano [ref] wrote:
> >
> > Alex Henrie [ref] writes:
> >
> > > Git no longer has a default strategy for reconciling divergent branches,
> > > because there's no way for Git to know which strategy is appropriate in
> > > any particular situation.
> >
> > A very good observation, and the patch makes sense.
>
> Thanks, I'm glad you agree.
>
> > > The initially proposed version of commit
> > > 031e2f7ae195069d00d21cde906fce5b0318dbdd, "pull: abort by default when
> > > fast-forwarding is not possible", dropped this phrase from the message.
> > > It appears that leaving it in the message in the final version of the
> > > patch was accidental.
> >
> > Hmph, the one before later iterations v$N, i.e.
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/git/dca0455898a838b46546a29ee79f0a8b112fbff5.1626536508.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/
> >
> > seems to keep "the default" label from the beginning.
>
> I was referring to the patch that I originally wrote, before Elijah
> made the changes that actually got the patch accepted:
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/20210627000855.530985-1-alexhenrie24@gmail.com/
>
> > I am tempted to drop this latter last paragraph, which looks more
> > like a guess than anything else, and does not add much value to
> > future readers of the "git log".
>
> That's fine by me. I almost didn't include the second paragraph in the
> commit message to begin with.
>
> -Alex

Sorry for missing that bit from your original patch; thanks for
catching it and sending in the update.
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