Merge pull request #5697 from EOSIO/feature/deprecation-notice-on-eosiocpp

Add deprecation notice to eosiocpp

tools/eosiocpp.in

@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ function print_help {
     echo "      Generate the ABI specification file [EXPERIMENTAL]"
 }
 
+function print_deprecation_notice {
+    echo -e "\033[0;33mWARNING: this tool is deprecated and will be removed in a future release\033[0m" 1>&2
+    echo -e "\033[0;33mPlease consider using the EOSIO.CDT (https://github.com/EOSIO/eosio.cdt/)\033[0m" 1>&2
+}
+
 command=""
 
 while [[ $# -gt 1 ]]
@@ -185,6 +190,8 @@ case $key in
 esac
 done
 
+print_deprecation_notice
+
 if [[ "outname" == "$command" ]]; then
     build_contract $@
 elif [[ "newcontract" == "$command" ]]; then