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Re: [PATCH] alias: restore support for simple dotted aliases

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 19, 2026, 00:44 UTC
Message-ID
<20260519004458.GC1612961@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
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On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 01:43:08PM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Jonatan Holmgren <jonatan@jontes.page> writes:
> 
> > Sorry, that wasn't a "hey we should deprecate this" code-wise, I was 
> > asking from a documentation point of view, i.e. was curious how you felt 
> > about what is "advisable". Shouldn't've included that in my email
> 
> After this, the discussion went dark, but I think everything that
> needs saying has been said and we are in agreement that the current
> patch is a good way forward without closing doors for the future too
> tightly ;-)  Let me mark the topic for 'next'.

Yeah, sorry I didn't respond to Jonatan. I think the patch as-is is fine, and if we want to push people towards the new form in the documentation, that can be done separately.

-Peff
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Message 17 of 18 in “Bug: Hierarchical Aliases no longer work in 2.54.0”
  1. Grossfeld, MichaelApr 23, 2026
  2. Jeff KingApr 23, 2026
  3. Michael GrossfeldApr 23, 2026
  4. René ScharfeApr 23, 2026
  5. Michael GrossfeldApr 23, 2026
  6. Jonatan HolmgrenApr 24, 2026
  7. alias: restore support for simple dotted aliasesJonatan Holmgren, Apr 24, 2026
  8. Kristoffer HaugsbakkApr 24, 2026
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2026
  10. Jonatan HolmgrenApr 25, 2026
  11. Jeff KingApr 25, 2026
  12. Jeff KingApr 25, 2026
  13. Jonatan HolmgrenApr 26, 2026
  14. Jeff KingApr 26, 2026
  15. Jonatan HolmgrenApr 27, 2026
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2026
  17. Jeff KingMay 19, 2026
  18. alias: restore support for simple dotted aliasesJonatan Holmgren, Apr 24, 2026

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