why is fetch unloved

[Uwe Brauer]

>>> "Augie" == Augie Fackler <raf at durin42.com> writes:

   >> Perhaps because it may implicitly run a "hg merge" command?  And this --
   >> at least in my book --  should only be done  by people knowing what they
   >> are doing.
   >> 
   >> Just guessing, though.

   > Yep, that's pretty much it.

Well, I agree in principle, but on the other hand, if you use mercurial
not for a software project, but for document sharing, you may find
users, who are either unwilling or unable to really learn mercurial. I
recently had several issues with my collaborators, because they pulled
but forgot to merge and couldn't push. For these users, I think fetch is
a great help, besides (no flamewar intended), but doesn't git do
precisely this, that is:

Isn't  «git pull»  basically a «hg fetch»?
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