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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-remote.txt4
-rw-r--r--builtin/remote.c8
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 79e38fedd7..ddcbcc00ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ because a fetch would overwrite any local commits.
+
When a push mirror is created with `\--mirror=push`, then `git push`
will always behave as if `\--mirror` was passed.
-+
-The option `\--mirror` (with no type) sets up both push and fetch
-mirror configuration. It is kept for historical purposes, and is
-probably not what you want.
'rename'::
diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index f9522d5d8b..eb1229d689 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -136,13 +136,19 @@ static int add_branch(const char *key, const char *branchname,
return git_config_set_multivar(key, tmp->buf, "^$", 0);
}
+static const char mirror_advice[] =
+"--mirror is dangerous and deprecated; please\n"
+"\t use --mirror=fetch or --mirror=push instead";
+
static int parse_mirror_opt(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int not)
{
unsigned *mirror = opt->value;
if (not)
*mirror = MIRROR_NONE;
- else if (!arg)
+ else if (!arg) {
+ warning("%s", mirror_advice);
*mirror = MIRROR_BOTH;
+ }
else if (!strcmp(arg, "fetch"))
*mirror = MIRROR_FETCH;
else if (!strcmp(arg, "push"))