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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] Start retiring .git/remotes/ and .git/branches/ for good
Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 05:11:04 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170512091104.5yl57m4x6z5oxq3r@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1494509599.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 03:47:33PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> Git uses the config for remote/upstream information in favor of the
> previously-used .git/remotes/ and .git/branches/ for a decade now.
> 
> Nothing in Git writes to these files any longer, and the most prominent
> user of .git/branches/ (Cogito) is long abandoned.
> 
> It is time to start not only deprecating this feature, but *really*
> deprecating it. Like, really, *really*. For reals.

I like the goal, and the patches themselves (both the deprecations and
the actual removal) all look good to me.

If we want to start slow (and if Junio is right that there may be some
people who are actually using this feature, we probably should), step 0
may be making people aware that it's on the horizon, even before we
start issuing annoying warnings to them. This thread does that to some
degree, but we could also put it in the release notes for a version.
That's not guaranteed to get people's attention, but it gives more
opportunity for them to speak up before installing a version of Git that
produces warnings whenever they fetch.

-Peff

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-05-12  9:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-05-11 13:47 [PATCH 00/11] Start retiring .git/remotes/ and .git/branches/ for good Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-11 13:47 ` [PATCH 01/11] git-parse-remote: fix highly misleading man page Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-11 17:21   ` Stefan Beller
2017-05-11 19:14     ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-11 15:17     ` [PATCH 0/5] Remove now-unused git-parse-remote Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-11 17:37       ` Jeff King
2020-11-11 19:29         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-12 14:09         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-12 18:42           ` Jeff King
2020-11-12 14:19       ` How do I "git fetch" with a custom <refspec> but a default remote? Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-12 18:51         ` Jeff King
2020-11-12 19:26           ` Chris Torek
2020-11-12 20:48             ` Jeff King
2020-11-12 21:22               ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-14 12:12         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-11 15:17     ` [PATCH 1/5] parse-remote: remove unused GIT_DIR variable Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-11 15:17     ` [PATCH 2/5] parse-remote: remove long-dead rebase code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-11 15:17     ` [PATCH 3/5] parse-remote: remove long-dead git-pull.sh code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-11 15:17     ` [PATCH 4/5] parse-remote: move used code to git-submodule.sh Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-11 15:17     ` [PATCH 5/5] parse-remote: remove this now-unused library Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-11 16:33       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-12 20:31         ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Retire git-parse-remote Junio C Hamano
2020-11-12 20:31           ` [PATCH v2 1/2] parse-remote: move used code to git-submodule.sh Junio C Hamano
2020-11-12 20:31           ` [PATCH v2 2/2] parse-remote: remove this now-unused library Junio C Hamano
2020-11-12 20:49           ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Retire git-parse-remote Jeff King
2020-11-12 21:25             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-13  9:42           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-14 12:21           ` [PATCH v3 0/3] submodule sh->C & retire parse-remote Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-14 12:21           ` [PATCH v3 1/3] submodule: use "fetch" logic instead of custom remote discovery Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-16 21:13             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-14 12:21           ` [PATCH v3 2/3] submodule: remove sh function in favor of helper Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-14 12:21           ` [PATCH v3 3/3] parse-remote: remove this now-unused library Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-16 21:19             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-17 14:24               ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-05-11 13:47 ` [PATCH 02/11] Documentation: really deprecate .git/remotes/ and .git/branches/ Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-11 13:47 ` [PATCH 03/11] remote: warn loud and clear when .git/branches/ is *still* used Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-11 13:47 ` [PATCH 04/11] remote: warn loud and clear when .git/remotes/ " Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-11 13:47 ` [PATCH 05/11] Revert "Revert "Don't create the $GIT_DIR/branches directory on init"" Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-11 17:26   ` Stefan Beller
2017-05-11 13:47 ` [PATCH 06/11] PREVIEW: t5510: convert .git/remotes/ test to use a regular remote Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-11 13:47 ` [PATCH 07/11] PREVIEW: t5516: stop testing .git/branches/ functionality Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-11 13:47 ` [PATCH 08/11] PREVIEW: remote: remove support for migrating ancient remotes Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-11 13:48 ` [PATCH 09/11] PREVIEW: t5515: remove .git/remotes/ and .git/branches/ tests Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-11 13:48 ` [PATCH 10/11] PREVIEW: t0060: stop testing support for .git/remotes/ and .git/branches/ Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-11 13:48 ` [PATCH 11/11] PREVIEW: remove " Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-11 18:19   ` Stefan Beller
2017-05-11 19:19     ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-12  1:14 ` [PATCH 00/11] Start retiring .git/remotes/ and .git/branches/ for good Junio C Hamano
2017-05-12 10:18   ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-16  0:37     ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-16  8:05       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-05-16  9:06         ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-16 10:02           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-05-17  0:51             ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-12 12:00   ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-12 14:19     ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-12 17:38       ` Jonathan Nieder
2017-05-13 10:13         ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-12 21:11       ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-15  8:42         ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-12  9:11 ` Jeff King [this message]
2017-05-12 11:09   ` Johannes Schindelin

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