[RFC] I want to disable submit_branch on my computer for all branches. How can I do that?

[Martin Pool]

On 13 May 2011 11:10, John Arbash Meinel <john at arbash-meinel.com> wrote:
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> On 5/13/2011 9:14 AM, Martin Pool wrote:
>> +0.9 to adding a new merge_default_location. I think having it clear
>> which command it affects is easier than having apparently magic
>> relations between the commands.  We can possibly have dallas between the
>> commands.
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> I think there are a couple of different workflows, and it might be
> better to be clear about what we are trying to support.
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> Short answer:
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> For my use case, merge remembering the location doesn't help. It is rare
> that I do the same merge more than once. Also, in my head it is always
> "I want to merge THIS_BRANCH", which means I already have a target I'm
> typing. I have to think harder if I want to remember what the default
> branch would be, and if that matches THIS_BRANCH.

I also rarely merge from the parent branch, though I do heavily use
the push and pull defaults, and the submit location.

I think this is a good reason to not be too speedy to remember the
default, and to instead let the user ask us to remember if they want
it.

Martin