Why you don't want to allow disabling "branches are global and permanent, did you want a bookmark"?

[Augie Fackler]

On Aug 9, 2012, at 4:00 AM, Adrian Buehlmann wrote:

> On 2012-08-09 10:43, Laurens Holst wrote:
>> Op 08-08-12 21:51, paul_nathan at selinc.com schreef:
>>> I would FAR rather see this line entirely removed.
>> 
>> Definitively rejected, so why bring it up *again*?
> 
> Because it was a bad decision, for the reasons laid out by multiple
> people in this thread here.
> 
> FWIW, I have only seen the config option definitely rejected (which I
> agree with).
> 
> The config option is not needed, because there is no need for such a
> warning at all.

Nonsense. I can't count the number of users that have expressed hatred for Mercurial because it's branches aren't git branches, and then as soon as I show them bookmarks they are happy as can be. In my experience talking to users, the vast majority of users that look for branches really want bookmarks.

I agree though, it'd be nice if there was a way to only warn a few times before trusting the user to blow his own foot off. I'm actually a proponent of the config option, because I can't come up with a heuristic that we won't regret later.