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merge: deprecate the --force option
The --force option in merge does not make what people think it does so
it may not be visible to everyone.
I have local changes and want to pull one's changes which made 2 heads.
The --force option in help says
-f --force force a merge with outstanding changes
so I can expect that I can use it to force the merge and commit it in my
local repository without taking my local changes into account. But
merging with -f keeps local changes and "add" them: they must be
committed or reverted before doing the merge commit. The merge -f cannot
be reverted so it leads my repository in a bad state: cannot commit
merge and don't want to revert/commit local changes yet.
Message in help have been updated to emphasize the fact that local
changes are included in the merge.
author | Florence Laguzet <florence.laguzet@gmail.com> |
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date | Wed, 17 Jul 2013 23:58:04 +0200 |
parents | df5ecb813426 |
children | 4b0fc75f9403 |
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