[PATCH] git-am: officially deprecate -b/--binary

[Junio C Hamano]

We have had these options as harmless no-op for more than 3 years without
officially deprecating them.  Let's announce the deprecation and start
warning against their use, but without failing the command just not yet,
so that we can later repurpose the option if we want to in the future.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.txt |    4 ++--
 git-am.sh                         |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.txt
index 65df74b..6286485 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Compatibility Notes
    Git v1.7.8 or newer.
 
  * The "--binary/-b" options to "git am" have been a no-op for quite a
-   while and was deprecated in mid 2008 (v1.6.0).  When you give these
-   options to "git am", it will now fail with an error.
+   while and were deprecated in mid 2008 (v1.6.0).  When you give these
+   options to "git am", it will now warn and ask you not to use them.
 
 
 Updates since v1.7.9
diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index faae820..db6ade3 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ do
 	-i|--interactive)
 		interactive=t ;;
 	-b|--binary)
-		echo >&2 "The -b/--binary option was deprecated in 1.6.0 and removed in 1.7.10."
-		die "Please adjust your scripts."
+		echo >&2 "The $1 option was deprecated in 1.6.0 and will be removed."
+		echo >&2 "Please do not use it anymore."
 		;;
 	-3|--3way)
 		threeway=t ;;
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/