Re: [RFC PATCH] docs: document upcoming breaking changes

From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: May 10, 2024, 11:36 UTC
Message-ID: <Zj4Gx6LGSoTGc3eW@tanuki>
In-Reply-To: <112b6568912a6de6672bf5592c3a718e@manjaro.org>

On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 05:59:01PM +0200, Dragan Simic wrote:

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> Hello Patrick,
> 
> On 2024-05-08 15:54, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> > Okay, I see how that may make sense for some parts. I guess one of the
> > motivations here is things like git-checkout(1) and git-switch(1) /
> > git-restore(1)?
> 
> As I wrote already, [1] I really see no reasons why git-switch(1) or
> git-restore(1) should be deprecated.  That would make zero sense to me.
> 
> [1]
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/3d84f2eac9b03eda814332d73b5d5ba6@manjaro.org/

Note that the discussion here is the other way round: whether we want to eventually deprecate tools like git-checkout(1) that have newer replacements. Junio argues that there being a replacement is not by itself a good enough reason to eventually remove the old one, which I'm fine with.

Patrick