{"thread":{"id":"54122","subject":"For how long will restore and switch be experimental","startedAt":"2020-08-24T09:30:51Z","lastAt":"2020-08-24T18:39:00Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Ramold, Felix","Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"404310","messageId":"VI1PR0102MB327987955EE48E5CB6DD140AE8560@VI1PR0102MB3279.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com","threadId":"54122","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"For how long will restore and switch be experimental","fromName":"Ramold, Felix","fromEmail":"felix.ramold@kuka.com","sentAt":"2020-08-24T09:30:37Z","receivedAt":"2020-08-24T09:30:51Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"felix.ramold@kuka.com","avatar":null},"body":"The features git-switch and git-restore where added in 2.23.\nI think they are great and I want to use them frequently. Also teach colleagues.\nHowever, they are still marked experimental, and may change. I don't want to learn or teach something that will likely change.\nCan this be changed to stable?\n\nKind regards\n\nFelix Ramold\n\n"},{"id":"404349","messageId":"xmqq4kor6g8z.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com","threadId":"54122","inReplyTo":"VI1PR0102MB327987955EE48E5CB6DD140AE8560@VI1PR0102MB3279.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com","subject":"Re: For how long will restore and switch be experimental","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2020-08-24T18:38:52Z","receivedAt":"2020-08-24T18:39:00Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"\"Ramold, Felix\" <Felix.Ramold@kuka.com> writes:\n\n> The features git-switch and git-restore where added in 2.23.  I\n> think they are great and I want to use them frequently. Also teach\n> colleagues.  However, they are still marked experimental, and may\n> change. I don't want to learn or teach something that will likely\n> change.  Can this be changed to stable?\n\nWe are still finding bugs in it, and the details of how they work\nmay still change, so \"will likely change\" label still applies.\n\nBut we do not plan to say \"ah, the experiment was a failure, and\neverybody has to unlearn that switch and restore ever existed\" at\nall, so at this point it is safe to use it.  You just need to be\nprepared to adjust your muscle memory in minor and still not\nanticipated ways.\n\nThanks.\n\n\n"}]}