Re: Change in output as a result of patch

Kaartic Sivaraam [off-list ref] 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.