Re: What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2025, #02; Wed, 3)
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> Le 4 sept. 2025 à 12:21, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> a écrit :
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> "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> writes:
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>> • Incorporate Peff’s patch[2] if I’m up to the task
>> • Then mention on the whatchanged *hint* that they can make an alias to
>> shadow it
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> Hmph, I am not sure if training users that they can always alias
> anything away in order to keep deprecated names forever is a good
> idea overall. That way, we will ensure that newer users when
> watching over shoulders of more old timers will have more chance to
> get confused by unusual synonyms old timers would use without any
They stand an equal chance to be confused by my unusual aliases and scripts :p
> advantage over the more modern ways they have learned at school,
> other than the "mustle memory" of old timers.
(Most of which I try to update to take account for modern Git CLI practice.)
> But if nobody is disturbed by that idea, then the above two would be
> a reasonable way forward.
Agreed. I suppose the question is how quickly the changes should land and release: were you planning on trying to get these messages out as a fast .1 or similar to help quell the noise more quickly? Or wait a while for the next normal release, in which case baking a few more patches on top seems logical?
Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>