We originally thought the transition would need a period where "git add
[-u|-A]" without pathspec would be forbidden, but the warning is big
enough to scare people and teach them not to use it (or, if so, to
understand the consequences).
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx>
---
builtin/add.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c
index 0dd014e..ab1c9e8 100644
--- a/builtin/add.c
+++ b/builtin/add.c
@@ -328,9 +328,9 @@ static void warn_pathless_add(const char *option_name, const char *short_name) {
* this is not the original behavior and can't be
* changed until users trained themselves not to type
* "git add -u" or "git add -A". For now, we warn and
- * keep the old behavior. Later, this warning can be
- * turned into a die(...), and eventually we may
- * reallow the command with a new behavior.
+ * keep the old behavior. Later, the behavior can be changed
+ * to tree-wide, keeping the warning for a while, and
+ * eventually we can drop the warning.
*/
warning(_("The behavior of 'git add %s (or %s)' with no path argument from a\n"
"subdirectory of the tree will change in Git 2.0 and should not be used anymore.\n"
--
1.8.2.rc3.16.g0a33571.dirty
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