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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] Remove repo-config
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:32:12 -0800
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On 01/15/2008 10:23 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>> I do not think it is unreasonable to add repo-config to feature
>>> removal schedule in 1.5.4 release notes.  Perhaps something like...
>>> 
>>> + * "git repo-config", which was an old name for "git config" command,
>>> +   has been supported without being advertised for a long time.  The
>>> +   next feature release will remove it.
>>> +
>>
>> Seems fine to me. Does it need to be put in command-list.txt for the time being too, or what all is that file used for? Sorry I am not familiar.
>>
>> Something like:
>>
>> git-repo-config                       ancillarymanipulators	deprecated
>
> Technically, you are right, but somehow it feels backwards.
>
> We stopped advertising the existence of the command in v1.5.0,
> and adding it to the list now would mean we need to add a new
> git-repo-config manual page that says "This is deprecated, use
> git-config instead".

This comment was wrong.  We can keep the existing repo-config
documentation that has deprecation notice, and add the above
line to the list.

Sorry about the confusion.