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"git pack-redundant" has been marked for removal in Git 3.0. * ps/declare-pack-redundamt-dead: Documentation/BreakingChanges: announce removal of git-pack-redundant(1)
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Cf. <20140304174806.GA11561@sigill.intra.peff.net>.
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* The git-pack-redundant(1) command can be used to remove redundant pack files.
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The subcommand is unusably slow and the reason why nobody reports it as a
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performance bug is suspected to be the absense of users. We have nominated
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the command for removal and have started to emit a user-visible warning in
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c3b58472be (pack-redundant: gauge the usage before proposing its removal,
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2020-08-25) whenever the command is executed.
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So far there was a single complaint about somebody still using the command, but
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that complaint did not cause us to reverse course. On the contrary, we have
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doubled down on the deprecation and starting with 4406522b76 (pack-redundant:
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escalate deprecation warning to an error, 2023-03-23), the command dies unless
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the user passes the `--i-still-use-this` option.
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There have not been any subsequent complaints, so this command will finally be
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removed.
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Cf. <xmqq1rjuz6n3.fsf_-_@gitster.c.googlers.com>,
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<CAKvOHKAFXQwt4D8yUCCkf_TQL79mYaJ=KAKhtpDNTvHJFuX1NA@mail.gmail.com>,
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<20230323204047.GA9290@coredump.intra.peff.net>,
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== Superseded features that will not be deprecated
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Some features have gained newer replacements that aim to improve the design in

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