Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] PATH WALK III: Add 'git backfill' command

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 17, 2025, 22:37 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqsephhxs0.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <Z4jY2Bj-e8i9Zuig@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> I was wondering whether we might want to mark the new command as
> experimental at first to allow us to iterate, but the last set of
> commands where we have done so are still experimental many years after
> they have been introduced. So... probably not a good idea.

I am not sure if I agree. Anybody who wants any of these commands that are marked as experimental to be declared stable can propose to do so with a reasonable timeline attached.

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