Thomas Braun <thomas.braun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 03.10.2022 19:26, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Hi Junio and Ævar, > > the last git release has > >> submodule--helper: remove unused "list" helper > > in the shortlog which is 31955475 (submodule--helper: remove unused > "list" helper, 2022-09-01). X-<. > Now the inevitable "I'm using this in production since 5 years and now > it's broken" has happened. X-< again. Next time when you are using unsupported implementation detail, please report when the potential breakage is still in 'next' and not down in 'master'. > Just for the record "git submodule status" is a good replacement for > my case. I happen to need it on Windows using a CMD shell. > > Is there a general rule that commands which have "--helper" in them > should not be relied on? A good rule of thumb is to consider anything with double-dash as an implementation detail that are not end-user facing, I would say. Thanks, and sorry for the breakage.
