Re: [PATCH] Retire the `relink` command

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] wrote:

Back in the olden days, when all objects were loose and rubber boots were
made out of wood, it made sense to try to share (immutable) objects
between repositories.

Ever since the arrival of pack files, it is but an anachronism.

Let's move the script to the contrib/examples/ directory and no longer
offer it.

On the other hand, we have no idea if there are still people
using it for whatever reason...

I suggest we have a deprecation period where:

1) there is warning message when it's run
2) a note in the manpage indicating it's to-be-removed
3) ...then wait a few distro LTS cycles to remove it entirely