Is there a way, like adding a 'DEPRECATED' file, to mark a repo as unmaintaned?

6 points by augstein 6y ago ↗ HN

So package managers like npm, cargo, vim-plug etc. can show a warning message to the user. Message content would be the contents of the 'DEPRECATED' file in the projects root folder.

I understand that for example for npm there is the `npm deprecate` command, but I'm looking for a generic and simple way to do this.

Just noticed a VIM plugin I was using has been deprecated for a while, which caused some problems with VIM that I had to track down manually.

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MelioRatio 6y ago ↗

I am guessing you are talking about git, in which case, the closest you can do by itself is to tag the specific branch:

  git tag -m '<name> is deprecated' deprecated/<name> <name>
  git branch -D <name>

This removes the branch <name> from the branch list and would cause the specified message to appear. You may also revive the branch, if you ever felt inclined to do so.

If you rely on a service like Github to host your repo, you have a setting to archive the repo: https://github.blog/2017-11-08-archiving-repositories/