On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 4:40 AM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> -- >8 --
> 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.
>
> Let's make it clear that:
>
> 1. No, "-l" didn't do what they thought here.
>
> 2. It's going away, and what they should do instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> builtin/branch.c | 10 ++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
> index 55bfacd843..b0b33dab94 100644
> --- a/builtin/branch.c
> +++ b/builtin/branch.c
> @@ -701,8 +701,14 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> setup_auto_pager("branch", 1);
>
> if (used_deprecated_reflog_option) {
> - warning("the '-l' alias for '--create-reflog' is deprecated;");
> - warning("it will be removed in a future version of Git");
> + if (list) {
> + 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).");
> + } else {
> + warning("the '-l' alias for '--create-reflog' is deprecated;");
> + warning("it will be removed in a future version of Git");
> + }
This is already in 'next', but could you do a follow up patch to mark
these strings for translation? While at there, concatenating them into
full sentences would also help translators.
> }
>
> if (delete) {
> --
> 2.17.0.1391.g6fdbf40724
>
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Duy
