Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91...@gmail.com> 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.
