Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 11:10:07AM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Warn when we read such a configuration from a file, and nudge the
>> users to spell them 'auto' instead.
>
> Hmm. On the one hand, it is nice to make people aware that their config
> isn't doing what they might think.
>
> On the other hand, if "always" is no longer a problem for anybody, do we
> need to force users to take the step to eradicate it? I dunno. Were we
> planning to eventually remove it?
>
>> @@ -320,6 +322,11 @@ int git_config_colorbool(const char *var, const char *value)
>> * Otherwise, we're looking at on-disk config;
>> * downgrade to auto.
>> */
>> + if (!warn_once) {
>> + warn_once++;
>> + warning("setting '%s' to '%s' is no longer valid; "
>> + "set it to 'auto' instead", var, value);
>> + }
>
> This warn_once is sadly not enough to give non-annoying output to
> scripts that call many git commands. E.g.:
>
> $ git config color.ui always
> $ git add -p
> warning: setting 'color.ui' to 'always' is no longer valid; set it to 'auto' instead
> warning: setting 'color.ui' to 'always' is no longer valid; set it to 'auto' instead
> warning: setting 'color.ui' to 'always' is no longer valid; set it to 'auto' instead
> warning: setting 'color.ui' to 'always' is no longer valid; set it to 'auto' instead
> warning: setting 'color.ui' to 'always' is no longer valid; set it to 'auto' instead
> warning: setting 'color.ui' to 'always' is no longer valid; set it to 'auto' instead
> warning: setting 'color.ui' to 'always' is no longer valid; set it to 'auto' instead
> warning: setting 'color.ui' to 'always' is no longer valid; set it to 'auto' instead
> warning: setting 'color.ui' to 'always' is no longer valid; set it to 'auto' instead
> warning: setting 'color.ui' to 'always' is no longer valid; set it to 'auto' instead
> diff --git a/file b/file
> [...]
I am ambivalent.
We (especially you) have kept saying that "always" is a mistake that
makes little sense, and wanted to force users to "fix" their
configuration. But as you said, we made it not a mistake, so it is
OK to leave it as they are, I guess.
Let's drop the warning part of the change, at least.
