Re: [PATCH 1/2] Remove obsolete commit-walkers

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jul 4, 2007, 11:29 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707041228290.4071@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <7vsl84lpo3.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Hi,

On Tue, 3 Jul 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com> writes:
> 
> > On Monday, July 2, 2007 at 23:22:05 (-0700) Junio C Hamano writes:
> >>I'll apply this after 1.5.3.  In the meantime, I'll do this for 1.5.3.
> >>
> >>diff --git a/Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt
> >>index 19b5f88..141b767 100644
> >>--- a/Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt
> >>+++ b/Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt
> >>@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
> >> 
> >> DESCRIPTION
> >> -----------
> >>+THIS COMMAND IS DEPRECATED.
> >>...
> >
> > If a deprecated command has a replacement, the deprecation notice
> > should point the user to that.
> 
> Actually these fetch backend shouldn't even be needed by the end
> users.  "git fetch" simply does not drive them these days.

You forget that this backend is a plumbing component, which might well be used by other porcelains. IIRC cogito uses it, optionally.

Ciao, Dscho