I'm not proposing we drop support for merges/, I just think that many apps don't use it so why show it by default? (We've done something similar for .cordova/ where its still supported but not created by default unless it actually has non-default values)
The way merges/ works right now is questionably useful (Michael Brooks had a long post about that a while ago), and with hooks/ most apps can create a much better alternative for themselves. So, not a big deal, but one fewer thing to learn for new devs, and less temptation for them to try using it.. WDYT? -Michal
