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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: "Kaartic Sivaraam" <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>,
	"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] branch: issue "-l" deprecation warning after pager starts
Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 17:56:34 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqd0xknmf1.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180525024002.GA1998@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Thu, 24 May 2018 22:40:03 -0400")

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> People mistakenly use "git branch -l", thinking that it
> triggers list mode. It doesn't, but the lack of non-option
> arguments in that command does (and the "-l" becomes a
> silent noop).
>
> Since afc968e579 (branch: deprecate "-l" option, 2018-03-26)
> we've warned that "-l" is going away. But the warning text
> is primarily aimed at people who _meant_ to use "-l", as in
> "git branch -l foo". People who mistakenly said "git branch
> -l" may be left puzzled.

Yup, thanks for being extra explicit.  I do imagine there are quite
a few of us who would be puzzled without this update (but with the
previous one to unhide it from behind the pager).

> Let's make it clear that:
>
>   1. No, "-l" didn't do what they thought here.
>
>   2. It's going away, and what they should do instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> ---
>  builtin/branch.c | 10 ++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
> index 55bfacd843..b0b33dab94 100644
> --- a/builtin/branch.c
> +++ b/builtin/branch.c
> @@ -701,8 +701,14 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  		setup_auto_pager("branch", 1);
>  
>  	if (used_deprecated_reflog_option) {
> -		warning("the '-l' alias for '--create-reflog' is deprecated;");
> -		warning("it will be removed in a future version of Git");
> +		if (list) {
> +			warning("the '-l' option is an alias for '--create-reflog' and");
> +			warning("has no effect in list mode. This option will soon be");
> +			warning("removed and you should omit it (or use '--list' instead).");
> +		} else {
> +			warning("the '-l' alias for '--create-reflog' is deprecated;");
> +			warning("it will be removed in a future version of Git");
> +		}
>  	}
>  
>  	if (delete) {

  reply	other threads:[~2018-05-25  8:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 95+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-17  6:01 What's cooking in git.git (May 2018, #02; Thu, 17) Junio C Hamano
2018-05-17  6:39 ` jk/branch-l-0-deprecation (was Re: What's cooking in git.git (May 2018, #02; Thu, 17)) Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-05-17  9:48   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-17 11:00     ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-05-17 12:02       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-17 13:36     ` Jeff King
2018-05-24 15:10       ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-05-24 19:22         ` Jeff King
2018-05-24 19:31           ` [PATCH] branch: issue "-l" deprecation warning after pager starts Jeff King
2018-05-25  1:55             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-25  2:40               ` Jeff King
2018-05-25  8:56                 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2018-05-25  9:14                   ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-25 17:10                     ` Jeff King
2018-05-26  2:37                       ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-25 21:00                     ` [RFC PATCH 0/3] usage: prefix all lines in `vreportf()`, not just the first Martin Ågren
2018-05-25 21:00                       ` [RFC PATCH 1/3] usage: extract `prefix_suffix_lines()` from `advise()` Martin Ågren
2018-05-28  8:27                         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-28 18:40                         ` Duy Nguyen
2018-05-29 21:33                           ` Jeff King
2018-05-29 21:39                         ` Jeff King
2018-05-30  1:42                           ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-30  6:00                             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-30 10:26                               ` Martin Ågren
2018-05-31  6:07                                 ` Jeff King
2018-05-25 21:00                       ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] usage: prefix all lines in `vreportf()`, not just the first Martin Ågren
2018-05-28  9:25                         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-28 18:45                           ` Duy Nguyen
2018-05-28 21:45                             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-29  4:49                               ` Martin Ågren
2018-05-29  5:50                                 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-29 10:30                                   ` Martin Ågren
2018-05-29 12:08                                     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-29 15:50                                 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-05-30 10:19                                   ` Martin Ågren
2018-05-29 21:32                           ` Jeff King
2018-05-30 10:20                             ` Martin Ågren
2018-05-25 21:00                       ` [RFC PATCH 3/3] usage: translate the "error: "-prefix and others Martin Ågren
2018-05-26  2:32                   ` [PATCH] branch: issue "-l" deprecation warning after pager starts Junio C Hamano
2018-05-26  2:33                     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-29 21:20                     ` Jeff King
2018-05-29 21:21                       ` Jeff King
2018-05-30  2:48                         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-31  5:44                           ` Jeff King
2018-05-26 19:39                 ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-06-02  4:46                 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-06-02  8:10                   ` Jeff King
2018-05-26 18:45             ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-05-29 21:15               ` Jeff King
2018-05-30  2:52                 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-31  5:51                   ` Jeff King
2018-06-01  1:35                     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-31  5:52                   ` Kaartic.Sivaraam
2018-05-17 13:22 ` What's cooking in git.git (May 2018, #02; Thu, 17) Derrick Stolee
2018-05-17 18:20 ` Stefan Beller
2018-05-17 18:29   ` [PATCH 0/2] Reroll 2 last commits of sb/object-store-replace Stefan Beller
2018-05-17 18:29     ` [PATCH 1/2] object.c: free replace map in raw_object_store_clear Stefan Beller
2018-05-17 18:29     ` [PATCH 2/2] replace-object.c: remove the_repository from prepare_replace_object Stefan Beller
2018-05-17 18:40   ` [PATCH] merge-recursive: give notice when submodule commit gets fast-forwarded Stefan Beller
2018-05-18 19:43     ` [PATCH v2 0/1] rebased: inform about auto submodule ff Leif Middelschulte
2018-05-18 19:48     ` [PATCH v3 " Leif Middelschulte
2018-05-18 19:48       ` [PATCH 1/1] Inform about fast-forwarding of submodules during merge Leif Middelschulte
2018-05-18 21:25         ` Elijah Newren
2018-05-21  4:12           ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-17 19:46   ` [PATCH 0/8] Reroll of sb/diff-color-move-more Stefan Beller
2018-05-17 19:46     ` [PATCH 1/8] xdiff/xdiff.h: remove unused flags Stefan Beller
2018-05-17 19:46     ` [PATCH 2/8] xdiff/xdiffi.c: remove unneeded function declarations Stefan Beller
2018-05-17 19:46     ` [PATCH 3/8] diff.c: do not pass diff options as keydata to hashmap Stefan Beller
2018-05-17 19:46     ` [PATCH 4/8] diff.c: adjust hash function signature to match hashmap expectation Stefan Beller
2018-05-17 19:46     ` [PATCH 5/8] diff.c: add a blocks mode for moved code detection Stefan Beller
2018-05-17 19:46     ` [PATCH 6/8] diff.c: decouple white space treatment from move detection algorithm Stefan Beller
2018-05-18  4:00       ` Simon Ruderich
2018-05-18 19:25         ` Stefan Beller
2018-05-17 19:46     ` [PATCH 7/8] diff.c: add --color-moved-ignore-space-delta option Stefan Beller
2018-05-17 19:46     ` [PATCH 8/8] diff: color-moved white space handling options imply color-moved Stefan Beller
2018-05-17 22:53     ` [PATCH 0/8] Reroll of sb/diff-color-move-more Jonathan Tan
2018-06-07 23:54     ` Jacob Keller
2018-05-17 22:36   ` What's cooking in git.git (May 2018, #02; Thu, 17) Junio C Hamano
2018-05-17 22:39     ` Stefan Beller
2018-05-17 22:56     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-17 22:58       ` Stefan Beller
2018-05-21  1:57 ` brian m. carlson
2018-05-21 17:36   ` Stefan Beller
2018-05-25 12:28 ` sb/submodule-move-nested breaks t7411 under GIT_FSMONITOR_TEST Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-25 17:27   ` Stefan Beller
2018-05-25 19:49   ` Stefan Beller
2018-09-06 12:31     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-09-06 16:57       ` Stefan Beller
2018-09-06 19:03         ` Ben Peart
2018-09-06 20:14           ` Stefan Beller
2018-09-06 20:34             ` [PATCH] git-mv: allow submodules and fsmonitor to work together Stefan Beller
2018-09-10 15:58               ` Ben Peart
2018-09-10 16:29                 ` [PATCH v1] " Ben Peart
2018-09-10 17:07                   ` Stefan Beller
2018-09-10 19:38                     ` Ben Peart

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