Re: [PATCH] prepare deprecation of git-revert

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 31, 2008, 23:13 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0811010012320.22125@pacific.mpi-cbg.de.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <20081031165003.GA5355@steel.home>

Hi,

On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Alex Riesen wrote:

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> Pierre Habouzit, Fri, Oct 31, 2008 16:55:27 +0100:
> > @@ -439,16 +436,17 @@ static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
> >  
> >  int cmd_revert(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> >  {
> > +#if 0
> > +	warning("git revert is deprecated, please use git cherry-pick --revert/-R instead");
> > +#endif
> 
> "git revert" is much shorter to type than "git cherry-pick -R". How 
> about renaming "cherry-pick" into something short, like "pick"?

I thought we agreed that we should _never_ remove support for "git revert"? I mean, we can deprecate it, but I find it pretty strong, and unnecessary, to break existing users' expectations.

Ciao, Dscho