> Le 4 sept. 2025 à 12:21, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > > "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> • Incorporate Peff’s patch[2] if I’m up to the task >> • Then mention on the whatchanged *hint* that they can make an alias to >> shadow it > > Hmph, I am not sure if training users that they can always alias > anything away in order to keep deprecated names forever is a good > idea overall. That way, we will ensure that newer users when > watching over shoulders of more old timers will have more chance to > get confused by unusual synonyms old timers would use without any They stand an equal chance to be confused by my unusual aliases and scripts :p > advantage over the more modern ways they have learned at school, > other than the "mustle memory" of old timers. (Most of which I try to update to take account for modern Git CLI practice.) > But if nobody is disturbed by that idea, then the above two would be > a reasonable way forward. Agreed. I suppose the question is how quickly the changes should land and release: were you planning on trying to get these messages out as a fast .1 or similar to help quell the noise more quickly? Or wait a while for the next normal release, in which case baking a few more patches on top seems logical?
