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From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,
	Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>,
	Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@gmail.com>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
	Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] parse-remote: remove this now-unused library
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:24:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zh3gdps6.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq4klp80ff.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>


On Mon, Nov 16 2020, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> The previous two commits removed the last use of a function in this
>> library, but most of it had been dead code for a while[1][2]. Only the
>> "get_default_remote" function was still being used.
>
> Yup.  ... still being used, but now it is gone.
>
>> Even though we had a manual page for this library it was never
>> intended (or I expect, actually) used outside of git.git. Let's just
>> remove it, if anyone still cares about a function here they can pull
>> them into their own project[3].
>>
>> 1. Last use of error_on_missing_default_upstream():
>>    d03ebd411c ("rebase: remove the rebase.useBuiltin setting",
>>    2019-03-18)
>>
>> 2. Last use of get_remote_merge_branch(): 49eb8d39c7 ("Remove
>>    contrib/examples/*", 2018-03-25)
>>
>> 3. https://lore.kernel.org/git/87a6vmhdka.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com/
>
> I am not sure why we even need reference [3] here.  
>
> Isn't it another mailing list article where you express your opinion
> "they can dig our old version and copy it to their project", which
> is the same statement you are making in this proposed log message?
>
> Are we saying "we said the same thing on the list before, which is
> stronger truth than the claim in this proposed log message"?

I was aiming for answering the question of "why didn't he just move it
to contrib/?" by adding an (it seems too much of an indirect) reference
to contrib/examples/, without going into that whole saga again in the
commit message itself.

  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-17 14:27 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 [this message]
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
2017-05-12 11:09   ` Johannes Schindelin

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