From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 013D81F732 for ; Fri, 9 Aug 2019 16:32:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2407423AbfHIQcp convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Aug 2019 12:32:45 -0400 Received: from elephants.elehost.com ([216.66.27.132]:40952 "EHLO elephants.elehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2407418AbfHIQcp (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Aug 2019 12:32:45 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at elehost.com Received: from gnash (CPE00fc8d49d843-CM00fc8d49d840.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.229.179.249]) (authenticated bits=0) by elephants.elehost.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id x79GWbgR073981 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 9 Aug 2019 12:32:38 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rsbecker@nexbridge.com) From: "Randall S. Becker" To: "'Jeff King'" Cc: "'Junio C Hamano'" , "'Christian Couder'" , References: <20190809001315.GA87896@syl.lan> <3C7105E5-5DE1-42DC-A9A4-65C061FD6139@dereferenced.org> <001e01d54ebb$9a1ab4b0$ce501e10$@nexbridge.com> <20190809162900.GA9094@sigill.intra.peff.net> In-Reply-To: <20190809162900.GA9094@sigill.intra.peff.net> Subject: RE: What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2019, #06; Thu, 25) Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 12:32:31 -0400 Message-ID: <002f01d54ed0$0e297620$2a7c6260$@nexbridge.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Thread-Index: AQI4e27fuor1V6G+VVNTu5eJdxwFnwIJ14M8AThYM+cBjxQPvwDbr1bYpf9BZOA= Content-Language: en-ca Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On August 9, 2019 12:29 PM, Jeff King wrote: > On Fri, Aug 09, 2019 at 10:06:06AM -0400, Randall S. Becker wrote: > > > On 01 Aug 2019 13:05:12, Junio wrote: > > > >> *snip* > > > > I think this got missed in the shuffle, but I am getting questions about the > topic from my own team that I cannot answer. > > > > I noticed that the switch and restore commands are now available in > > 2.23.0 but are not discussed in recent What's Cooking or Git Rev (or I > > blithely missed them). The question from my team is what are the plans > > for deprecating checkout. They have loads of scripts and want to plan > > for moving over. > > I don't know of any plans for checkout in particular, but I think the docs for > restore/switch make it clear that it's way too early to start scripting around > them: > > $ git grep EXPERIMENTAL Documentation/ > Documentation/git-restore.txt:THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE > BEHAVIOR MAY CHANGE. > Documentation/git-switch.txt:THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE > BEHAVIOR MAY CHANGE. Thanks Peff. Good guidance. I did not notice that part. Appreciations, Randall