jk/branch-l-0-deprecation (was Re: What's cooking in git.git (May 2018, #02; Thu, 17))

[Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>]

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On Thursday 17 May 2018 11:31 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> * jk/branch-l-0-deprecation (2018-03-26) 3 commits
> 
> ...
>
>  The "-l" option in "git branch -l" is an unfortunate short-hand for
>  "--create-reflog", but many users, both old and new, somehow expect
>  it to be something else, perhaps "--list".  This step deprecates
>  the short-hand and warns about the future removal of the it when it
>  is used.
> 
>  Will cook in 'next'.
>  Perhaps merge to 'master' immediately after 2.18 release?

I still have a slight feeling that we shouldn't list the branches for
"git branch -l" during the deprecation period. If feel this because

	i) It would avoid confusions for the users during the
	   deprecation period

	ii) The warning message seems to add to the confusion:

	    $ git branch -l
	    warning: the '-l' alias for '--create-reflog' is deprecated;
	    warning: it will be removed in a future version of Git
	    * master
	    ...


	    If there are ample branches, the warning message might be
	    hidden out of screen but we shouldn't rely on that, I
	    suppose.


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