Re: [PATCH 1/4] usage: help the user help themselves

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 28, 2025, 15:09 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqldn3xz3h.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <fde74862-a5f8-495e-aacd-59429fe5cd20@app.fastmail.com>

"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <code@khaugsbakk.name> writes:

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> On Thu, Aug 28, 2025, at 00:26, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:
>>
>>> command being retired -- was to reference the provided hints. So,
>>> something like this:
>>>
>>>   - send an email to <...> to let us know
>>>     that you still use this command and were unable
>>>     to determine a suitable replacement using the hints
>>>     provided here
>>
>> Ah, of course, yes, with Kristoffer's update to tell what the
>> alternative is, your phrasing is perfect.
>
> I think so too.  Just keep in mind that pack-redundant does not have
> that part.

For pack-redundant, isn't it because there is no need to find suitable replacement? That is, instead of finding a redundant pack, all of whose objects are contained in some other packs, which practically is impossible to exist in a non-toy repository, and deal with it yourself, you can let the normal "repack" to eject redundant objects from all the non-kept packs.

> I think I’ll use that suggestion verbatim.

Sounds good.