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). > > 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
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