linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] git-am: error out when seeing -b/--binary

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Date:	Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:22:10 -0700
From:	Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com>
To:	Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@...il.com>
Cc:	Thomas Rast <trast@...dent.ethz.ch>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	git@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-am: error out when seeing -b/--binary

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@...il.com> writes:

>> I really don't think it is a good idea to avoid mentioning 1.6.0, at
>> which we *removed* description of the option in our manual pages and
>> from the "git am -h" help message. How much more active deprecation
>> would a user want?
>
> A warning when the option is used or a mention in the release notes.

Ok, then we should probably instead do these two starting at 1.7.10 ("the
official deprecation date"), and then start erroring out on "-b" three
cycles after that.
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