--strict should default to warning the user

[Jelmer Vernooij]

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Filing a bug for this, as I don't have time to look at it at the moment.

-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Martin Pool <email address hidden>
To: Jelmer Vernooij <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: --strict as default
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:23:18 +1100

2010/1/15 Jelmer Vernooij <email address hidden>:
> At the moment there are several commands that default to --strict. While
> it seems to be a good idea to make the user aware of uncommitted changes
> by default, I think it should be a warning rather than an error by
> default. Most people I've talked to also seem to prefer no-strict by
> default.

I agree. A patch to change it back for 2.1 would be welcome.

Eventually we may want error/warn/nothing, as checking whether there
are uncommitted changes might take nonnegligible time.