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diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index 8d7007f4aa..054cf42f4e 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -2113,20 +2113,35 @@ static int commit_ref_update(struct files_ref_store *refs,
return 0;
}
-#ifdef NO_SYMLINK_HEAD
+#if defined(NO_SYMLINK_HEAD) || defined(WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES)
#define create_ref_symlink(a, b) (-1)
#else
static int create_ref_symlink(struct ref_lock *lock, const char *target)
{
+ static int warn_once = 1;
+ char *ref_path;
int ret = -1;
- char *ref_path = get_locked_file_path(&lock->lk);
+ ref_path = get_locked_file_path(&lock->lk);
unlink(ref_path);
ret = symlink(target, ref_path);
free(ref_path);
if (ret)
fprintf(stderr, "no symlink - falling back to symbolic ref\n");
+
+ if (warn_once)
+ warning(_("'core.preferSymlinkRefs=true' is nominated for removal.\n"
+ "hint: The use of symbolic links for symbolic refs is deprecated\n"
+ "hint: and will be removed in Git 3.0. The configuration that\n"
+ "hint: tells Git to use them is thus going away. You can unset\n"
+ "hint: it with:\n"
+ "hint:\n"
+ "hint:\tgit config unset core.preferSymlinkRefs\n"
+ "hint:\n"
+ "hint: Git will then use the textual symref format instead."));
+ warn_once = 0;
+
return ret;
}
#endif