Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] ls-remote: introduce --branches and deprecate --heads

> diff --git a/builtin/ls-remote.c b/builtin/ls-remote.c
> index 65fb22a8a2..69841ed49f 100644
> --- a/builtin/ls-remote.c
> +++ b/builtin/ls-remote.c
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
>  #include "wildmatch.h"
>  
>  static const char * const ls_remote_usage[] = {
> -	N_("git ls-remote [--heads] [--tags] [--refs] [--upload-pack=<exec>]\n"
> +	N_("git ls-remote [--branches] [--tags] [--refs] [--upload-pack=<exec>]\n"
>  	   "              [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url] [--sort=<key>]\n"
>  	   "              [--symref] [<repository> [<patterns>...]]"),
>  	NULL
> @@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  			   N_("path of git-upload-pack on the remote host"),
>  			   PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN },
>  		OPT_BIT('t', "tags", &flags, N_("limit to tags"), REF_TAGS),
> -		OPT_BIT('h', "heads", &flags, N_("limit to heads"), REF_BRANCHES),
> +		OPT_BIT('b', "branches", &flags, N_("limit to branches"), REF_BRANCHES),
> +		OPT_BIT_F('h', "heads", &flags,
> +			  N_("deprecated synonym for --branches"), REF_BRANCHES,
> +			  PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN),
>  		OPT_BIT(0, "refs", &flags, N_("do not show peeled tags"), REF_NORMAL),
>  		OPT_BOOL(0, "get-url", &get_url,
>  			 N_("take url.<base>.insteadOf into account")),
> diff --git a/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh b/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
> index 5dbe107ce8..42e77eb5a9 100755
> --- a/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
> +++ b/t/t5512-ls-remote.sh
> @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ test_expect_success setup '
>  	git show-ref -d	>refs &&
>  	sed -e "s/ /	/" refs >>expected.all &&
>  
> +	grep refs/heads/ expected.all >expected.branches &&
>  	git remote add self "$(pwd)/.git" &&
>  	git remote add self2 "."
>  '
> @@ -71,6 +72,27 @@ test_expect_success 'ls-remote self' '
>  	test_cmp expected.all actual
>  '
>  
> +test_expect_success 'ls-remote --branches self' '
> +	git ls-remote --branches self >actual &&
> +	test_cmp expected.branches actual &&
> +	git ls-remote -b self >actual &&
> +	test_cmp expected.branches actual
> +'
> +
> +test_expect_success 'ls-remote -h is deprecated w/o warning' '
> +	git ls-remote -h self >actual 2>warning &&
> +	test_cmp expected.branches actual &&
> +	test_grep ! deprecated warning
> +'