Merge branch 'jk/branch-l-0-deprecation'

The "-l" option in "git branch -l" is an unfortunate short-hand for
"--create-reflog", but many users, both old and new, somehow expect
it to be something else, perhaps "--list".  This step warns when "-l"
is used as a short-hand for "--create-reflog" and warns about the
future repurposing of the it when it is used.

* jk/branch-l-0-deprecation:
  branch: deprecate "-l" option
  t: switch "branch -l" to "branch --create-reflog"
  t3200: unset core.logallrefupdates when testing reflog creation

Author: gitster

Documentation/git-branch.txt

@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ OPTIONS
 -D::
 	Shortcut for `--delete --force`.
 
--l::
 --create-reflog::
 	Create the branch's reflog.  This activates recording of
 	all changes made to the branch ref, enabling use of date
@@ -101,6 +100,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	The negated form `--no-create-reflog` only overrides an earlier
 	`--create-reflog`, but currently does not negate the setting of
 	`core.logAllRefUpdates`.
++
+The `-l` option is a deprecated synonym for `--create-reflog`.
 
 -f::
 --force::

builtin/branch.c

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_branch_usage[] = {
 
 static const char *head;
 static struct object_id head_oid;
+static int used_deprecated_reflog_option;
 
 static int branch_use_color = -1;
 static char branch_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = {
@@ -568,6 +569,14 @@ static int edit_branch_description(const char *branch_name)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int deprecated_reflog_option_cb(const struct option *opt,
+				       const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+	used_deprecated_reflog_option = 1;
+	*(int *)opt->value = !unset;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int delete = 0, rename = 0, copy = 0, force = 0, list = 0;
@@ -610,7 +619,13 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BIT('c', "copy", &copy, N_("copy a branch and its reflog"), 1),
 		OPT_BIT('C', NULL, &copy, N_("copy a branch, even if target exists"), 2),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "list", &list, N_("list branch names")),
-		OPT_BOOL('l', "create-reflog", &reflog, N_("create the branch's reflog")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "create-reflog", &reflog, N_("create the branch's reflog")),
+		{
+			OPTION_CALLBACK, 'l', NULL, &reflog, NULL,
+			N_("deprecated synonym for --create-reflog"),
+			PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN,
+			deprecated_reflog_option_cb
+		},
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "edit-description", &edit_description,
 			 N_("edit the description for the branch")),
 		OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("force creation, move/rename, deletion"), PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE),
@@ -683,6 +698,11 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (list)
 		setup_auto_pager("branch", 1);
 
+	if (used_deprecated_reflog_option && !list) {
+		warning("the '-l' alias for '--create-reflog' is deprecated;");
+		warning("it will be removed in a future version of Git");
+	}
+
 	if (delete) {
 		if (!argc)
 			die(_("branch name required"));

t/t1410-reflog.sh

@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ test_expect_failure 'reflog with non-commit entries displays all entries' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'reflog expire operates on symref not referrent' '
-	git branch -l the_symref &&
-	git branch -l referrent &&
+	git branch --create-reflog the_symref &&
+	git branch --create-reflog referrent &&
 	git update-ref referrent HEAD &&
 	git symbolic-ref refs/heads/the_symref refs/heads/referrent &&
 	test_when_finished "rm -f .git/refs/heads/referrent.lock" &&

t/t3200-branch.sh

@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch HEAD should fail' '
 cat >expect <<EOF
 $ZERO_OID $HEAD $GIT_COMMITTER_NAME <$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL> 1117150200 +0000	branch: Created from master
 EOF
-test_expect_success 'git branch -l d/e/f should create a branch and a log' '
+test_expect_success 'git branch --create-reflog d/e/f should create a branch and a log' '
 	GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2005-05-26 23:30" \
-	git branch -l d/e/f &&
+	git -c core.logallrefupdates=false branch --create-reflog d/e/f &&
 	test_path_is_file .git/refs/heads/d/e/f &&
 	test_path_is_file .git/logs/refs/heads/d/e/f &&
 	test_cmp expect .git/logs/refs/heads/d/e/f
@@ -82,21 +82,21 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch -m dumps usage' '
 
 test_expect_success 'git branch -m m broken_symref should work' '
 	test_when_finished "git branch -D broken_symref" &&
-	git branch -l m &&
+	git branch --create-reflog m &&
 	git symbolic-ref refs/heads/broken_symref refs/heads/i_am_broken &&
 	git branch -m m broken_symref &&
 	git reflog exists refs/heads/broken_symref &&
 	test_must_fail git reflog exists refs/heads/i_am_broken
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'git branch -m m m/m should work' '
-	git branch -l m &&
+	git branch --create-reflog m &&
 	git branch -m m m/m &&
 	git reflog exists refs/heads/m/m
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'git branch -m n/n n should work' '
-	git branch -l n/n &&
+	git branch --create-reflog n/n &&
 	git branch -m n/n n &&
 	git reflog exists refs/heads/n
 '
@@ -378,9 +378,9 @@ mv .git/config-saved .git/config
 git config branch.s/s.dummy Hello
 
 test_expect_success 'git branch -m s/s s should work when s/t is deleted' '
-	git branch -l s/s &&
+	git branch --create-reflog s/s &&
 	git reflog exists refs/heads/s/s &&
-	git branch -l s/t &&
+	git branch --create-reflog s/t &&
 	git reflog exists refs/heads/s/t &&
 	git branch -d s/t &&
 	git branch -m s/s s &&
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch --copy dumps usage' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'git branch -c d e should work' '
-	git branch -l d &&
+	git branch --create-reflog d &&
 	git reflog exists refs/heads/d &&
 	git config branch.d.dummy Hello &&
 	git branch -c d e &&
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch -c d e should work' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'git branch --copy is a synonym for -c' '
-	git branch -l copy &&
+	git branch --create-reflog copy &&
 	git reflog exists refs/heads/copy &&
 	git config branch.copy.dummy Hello &&
 	git branch --copy copy copy-to &&
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch -c ee ef should copy ee to create branch ef' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'git branch -c f/f g/g should work' '
-	git branch -l f/f &&
+	git branch --create-reflog f/f &&
 	git reflog exists refs/heads/f/f &&
 	git config branch.f/f.dummy Hello &&
 	git branch -c f/f g/g &&
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch -c f/f g/g should work' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'git branch -c m2 m2 should work' '
-	git branch -l m2 &&
+	git branch --create-reflog m2 &&
 	git reflog exists refs/heads/m2 &&
 	git config branch.m2.dummy Hello &&
 	git branch -c m2 m2 &&
@@ -506,18 +506,18 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch -c m2 m2 should work' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'git branch -c zz zz/zz should fail' '
-	git branch -l zz &&
+	git branch --create-reflog zz &&
 	git reflog exists refs/heads/zz &&
 	test_must_fail git branch -c zz zz/zz
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'git branch -c b/b b should fail' '
-	git branch -l b/b &&
+	git branch --create-reflog b/b &&
 	test_must_fail git branch -c b/b b
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'git branch -C o/q o/p should work when o/p exists' '
-	git branch -l o/q &&
+	git branch --create-reflog o/q &&
 	git reflog exists refs/heads/o/q &&
 	git reflog exists refs/heads/o/p &&
 	git branch -C o/q o/p
@@ -570,10 +570,10 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch -C master5 master5 should work when master is ch
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'git branch -C ab cd should overwrite existing config for cd' '
-	git branch -l cd &&
+	git branch --create-reflog cd &&
 	git reflog exists refs/heads/cd &&
 	git config branch.cd.dummy CD &&
-	git branch -l ab &&
+	git branch --create-reflog ab &&
 	git reflog exists refs/heads/ab &&
 	git config branch.ab.dummy AB &&
 	git branch -C ab cd &&
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ test_expect_success 'renaming a symref is not allowed' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'git branch -m u v should fail when the reflog for u is a symlink' '
-	git branch -l u &&
+	git branch --create-reflog u &&
 	mv .git/logs/refs/heads/u real-u &&
 	ln -s real-u .git/logs/refs/heads/u &&
 	test_must_fail git branch -m u v