Re: [PATCH] completion: remove use of dashed git commands

From: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 20, 2008, 17:58 UTC
Message-ID: <449c10960804201058h7322590eg9864be2c652b0091@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0804201853150.5084@eeepc-johanness>

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
>  On Sun, 20 Apr 2008, Dan McGee wrote:
>
>  > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Johannes Schindelin
>  > <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
>  >
>
> > >  On Sun, 20 Apr 2008, Dan McGee wrote:
>  > >
>  > >  > [no commit message]
>  > >
>  > >  I would like to deprecate dashed form _officially_ first (as in
>  > >  ReleaseNotes), before doing something that could lead to quite some
>  > >  surprised users.
>  >
>  > Now you've confused me. From Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.4.txt, it
>  > seems fairly clear that dashed command forms are deprecated.
>
>  Oh, I must have missed that.  Nevertheless, I think it should be
>  synchronised with when the dashed commands vanish from the default
>  installation.

>From the RelNotes:

   Users are strongly encouraged to adjust their habits and scripts now
   to prepare for this change.

It seems like setting a good example would be prudent, so I attempted to do that here. If adding a commit message referencing the documentation would have helped, then I'm sorry for that, but I've submitted patches like this in the past (22fa97) without near as much hassle as I'm getting for this small change.

-Dan