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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,
	 Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
	Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>,
	 Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>,
	 Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>,
	 Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] BreakingChanges: document that we do not plan to deprecate git-checkout
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 10:05:08 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqcyp1gbej.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40594bda5c8050c2a863df8c9f6f92cd98ea8484.1717141598.git.ps@pks.im> (Patrick Steinhardt's message of "Fri, 31 May 2024 09:56:46 +0200")

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> The git-checkout(1) command is seen by many as hard to understand
> because it connects two somewhat unrelated features: switching between
> branches and restoring worktree files from arbitrary revisions. In 2019,
> we thus implemented two new commands git-switch(1) and git-restore(1) to
> split out these separate concerns into standalone functions.
>
> This "replacement" of git-checkout(1) has repeatedly triggered concerns
> for our userbase that git-checkout(1) will eventually go away. This is
> not the case though: the use of that command is still widespread, and it
> is not expected that this will change anytime soon.
>
> Document that neither of these commands will not go away anytime soon.

"neither" -> "none"?  It is accepted to use neither to pick among
three things these days, but the latter is clearer.


  reply	other threads:[~2024-05-31 17:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 97+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-07  8:27 [RFC PATCH] docs: document upcoming breaking changes Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 10:38 ` Johannes Schindelin
2024-05-08 13:55   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 22:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-08 13:54   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-08 14:58     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-08 15:59     ` Dragan Simic
2024-05-10 11:36       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10 12:43         ` Dragan Simic
2024-05-08 13:15 ` Phillip Wood
2024-05-08 13:55   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-10  2:15 ` Justin Tobler
2024-05-10  4:47   ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-14  6:50     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-14  6:16 ` [RFC PATCH v2] " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-14 10:48   ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-14 11:22     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-14 15:45       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-14 12:32     ` Dragan Simic
2024-05-24 12:54 ` [PATCH v3] " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-24 17:27   ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-30 12:04     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-31  7:56 ` [PATCH v4 0/4] " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-31  7:56   ` [PATCH v4 1/4] docs: introduce document to announce " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-31 16:51     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-03  9:32       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-03 16:17         ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-04  7:42           ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-31  7:56   ` [PATCH v4 2/4] BreakingChanges: document upcoming change from "sha1" to "sha256" Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-31 17:00     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-31  7:56   ` [PATCH v4 3/4] BreakingChanges: document removal of grafting Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-31  7:56   ` [PATCH v4 4/4] BreakingChanges: document that we do not plan to deprecate git-checkout Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-31 17:05     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2024-05-31 23:35       ` Todd Zullinger
2024-05-31  8:43   ` [PATCH v4 0/4] docs: document upcoming breaking changes Junio C Hamano
2024-05-31 11:15     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-03  9:28 ` [PATCH v5 " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-03  9:28   ` [PATCH v5 1/4] docs: introduce document to announce " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-03 14:08     ` Phillip Wood
2024-06-03 16:24     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-04  6:59       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-03  9:28   ` [PATCH v5 2/4] BreakingChanges: document upcoming change from "sha1" to "sha256" Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-03 16:36     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-04  7:06       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-04 17:16         ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-03  9:28   ` [PATCH v5 3/4] BreakingChanges: document removal of grafting Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-03 16:42     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-03  9:28   ` [PATCH v5 4/4] BreakingChanges: document that we do not plan to deprecate git-checkout Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-03 16:52     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-04  7:11       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-04 12:32 ` [PATCH v6 0/4] docs: document upcoming breaking changes Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-04 12:32   ` [PATCH v6 1/4] docs: introduce document to announce " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-04 17:59     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-05  5:31       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-05 16:03         ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-05 17:52           ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-06  4:35             ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-04 12:32   ` [PATCH v6 2/4] BreakingChanges: document upcoming change from "sha1" to "sha256" Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-04 12:32   ` [PATCH v6 3/4] BreakingChanges: document removal of grafting Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-04 18:00     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-04 12:32   ` [PATCH v6 4/4] BreakingChanges: document that we do not plan to deprecate git-checkout Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-04 14:23   ` [PATCH v6 0/4] docs: document upcoming breaking changes Phillip Wood
2024-06-04 18:01     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-05  5:32       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-14  6:42 ` [PATCH v7 " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-14  6:42   ` [PATCH v7 1/4] docs: introduce document to announce " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-14 16:08     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-14  6:42   ` [PATCH v7 2/4] BreakingChanges: document upcoming change from "sha1" to "sha256" Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-14  6:42   ` [PATCH v7 3/4] BreakingChanges: document removal of grafting Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-14  6:42   ` [PATCH v7 4/4] BreakingChanges: document that we do not plan to deprecate git-checkout Patrick Steinhardt
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2024-05-29 22:03 Commands using -h as an option don't work consistently Kevin Day
2024-05-29 22:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-29 22:40   ` Kevin Day
2024-05-30  3:23     ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-03 18:33       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-03 20:05         ` [PATCH 0/3] Branches are branches and not heads Junio C Hamano
2024-06-03 20:05           ` [PATCH 1/3] refs: call branches branches Junio C Hamano
2024-06-03 21:32             ` Eric Sunshine
2024-06-03 20:05           ` [PATCH 2/3] ls-remote: introduce --branches and deprecate --heads Junio C Hamano
2024-06-03 21:30             ` Rubén Justo
2024-06-03 21:42               ` Eric Sunshine
2024-06-03 21:48                 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-03 20:05           ` [PATCH 3/3] show-ref: " Junio C Hamano
2024-06-03 21:32           ` [PATCH 0/3] Branches are branches and not heads Rubén Justo
2024-06-04  7:56             ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-04 22:01           ` [PATCH v2 " Junio C Hamano
2024-06-04 22:01             ` [PATCH v2 1/3] refs: call branches branches Junio C Hamano
2024-06-04 22:01             ` [PATCH v2 2/3] ls-remote: introduce --branches and deprecate --heads Junio C Hamano
2024-06-06  9:39               ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-06-06 15:18                 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-04 22:01             ` [PATCH v2 3/3] show-ref: " Junio C Hamano
2024-06-14 19:32               ` Elijah Newren
2024-06-14 21:21                 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-14 21:34                   ` Elijah Newren
2024-06-14 21:42                     ` Elijah Newren
2024-06-14 22:46                       ` Junio C Hamano
2024-06-06  9:39             ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Branches are branches and not heads Patrick Steinhardt

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