Jonathan Nieder <[email protected]> writes: > Thomas Rast wrote: > >> The problem with -b is that it's a backwards-compatibility shorthand for >> --binary, which used to pass --allow-binary-replacement (or --binary) to >> git-apply. However, that option was obsoleted in 2b6eef9 (Make apply >> --binary a no-op., 2006-09-06) and has been a no-op for over 5 years. >> It has also not been documented since cb3a160 (git-am: ignore --binary >> option, 2008-08-09). >> >> So perhaps we can safely claim -b for --keep-non-patch, like so:
We can delete "git am -b" (as it was deprecated long time ago), wait for a cycle or two, and then repurpose it. I do not mind starting the first step (delete, but do not say anything about repurposing) before 1.7.10-rc1 happens. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
