From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 22:29:07 GMT
Subject: Re: Change in output as a result of patch
Message-ID: <xmqq1sp2q1cc.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1501008842.11979.7.camel@gmail.com>

Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com> writes:

> b347d06bf09 (branch: deprecate --set-upstream and show help if we detect possible mistaken use,
>              Thu Aug 30 19:23:13 2012)
>
> Is there any possibility for it to be removed some time in the near
> future?
>
> I'm asking this because IIRC, the 'attr_only' parameter of
> "validate_new_branchname" was introduced to fix a regression
> (fa7993767560) caused by the "--set-upstream" option. In case it has
> been planned to be removed some time soon, it could make the word
> easier (?), not sure though.

I suspect that it would not make the refactoring that much less
work, but you are right---it is about time we started looking into
removing the --set-upstream optin whose 5th anniversary after
deprecation is only one month away.