Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] BreakingChanges: document that we do not plan to deprecate git-checkout
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Date
- May 31, 2024, 17:05 UTC
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Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
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> The git-checkout(1) command is seen by many as hard to understand > because it connects two somewhat unrelated features: switching between > branches and restoring worktree files from arbitrary revisions. In 2019, > we thus implemented two new commands git-switch(1) and git-restore(1) to > split out these separate concerns into standalone functions. > > This "replacement" of git-checkout(1) has repeatedly triggered concerns > for our userbase that git-checkout(1) will eventually go away. This is > not the case though: the use of that command is still widespread, and it > is not expected that this will change anytime soon. > > Document that neither of these commands will not go away anytime soon.
"neither" -> "none"? It is accepted to use neither to pick among three things these days, but the latter is clearer.