Re: [PATCH] branch: issue "-l" deprecation warning after pager starts

On Friday 25 May 2018 08:10 AM, Jeff King wrote:

Subject: [PATCH] branch: customize "-l" warning in list mode

People mistakenly use "git branch -l", thinking that it
triggers list mode. It doesn't, but the lack of non-option
arguments in that command does (and the "-l" becomes a
silent noop).

quoted

Since afc968e579 (branch: deprecate "-l" option, 2018-03-26)

we've warned that "-l" is going away. But the warning text
is primarily aimed at people who _meant_ to use "-l", as in
"git branch -l foo". People who mistakenly said "git branch
-l" may be left puzzled.

So, this patch is to improve the user experience of people who use "git
branch -l" for listing and not for the people who forget to give a new
branch name argument for "-l". In that case, this makes sense.

BTW, I hope people don't start wondering why "git branch -d" doesn't
trigger list mode ;-)

+			warning("the '-l' option is an alias for '--create-reflog' and");
+			warning("has no effect in list mode. This option will soon be");
+			warning("removed and you should omit it (or use '--list' instead).");

I suppose s/alias/deprecated alias/ makes the point that '-l' will be
removed more stronger.


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Sivaraam