From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:29:21 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Remove obsolete commit-walkers Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vsl84lpo3.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Hi, On Tue, 3 Jul 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Bill Lear 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