Mark http-fetch without -a as deprecated As the use of http-fetch without -a can create an object store that is invalid to the point where it cannot even be fsck'd, mark it as deprecated. A future release should change the default and then remove the option entirely. Signed-off-by: Ben Walton <bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt index 4d42073..070cd1e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ ----------- Downloads a remote git repository via HTTP. +*NOTE*: use of this command without -a is deprecated. The -a +behaviour will become the default in a future release. + OPTIONS ------- commit-id::
diff --git a/http-fetch.c b/http-fetch.c index 3af4c71b..8c4c5d2 100644 --- a/http-fetch.c +++ b/http-fetch.c
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ commits = 1; } + if (get_all == 0) + warning("http-fetch: use without -a is deprecated.\n" + "In a future release, -a will become the default."); + if (argv[arg]) str_end_url_with_slash(argv[arg], &url);