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[PATCH] Mark http-fetch without -a as deprecated

From
Ben Walton <bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca>
Date
Aug 23, 2011, 00:51 UTC
Message-ID
<1314060703-24265-1-git-send-email-bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca>

As the use of http-fetch without -a can create an object store that is invalid to the point where it cannot even be fsck'd, mark it as deprecated. A future release should change the default and then remove the option entirely.

Signed-off-by: Ben Walton <bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca>
---
 http-fetch.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/http-fetch.c b/http-fetch.c
index 3af4c71..003ddb7 100644
--- a/http-fetch.c
+++ b/http-fetch.c
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 		commits = 1;
 	}
 
+	if (get_all == 0)
+	  warning("http-fetch: use without -a is deprecated; -a will become the default in a future release");
+
 	if (argv[arg])
 		str_end_url_with_slash(argv[arg], &url);
 
-- 
1.7.4.1
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