From adb65bc635fc6a12d459a3f0e876cd9a46b086a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hasheddan <georgedanielmangum@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 16:27:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Mark ReferenceTo as deprecated

ReferenceTo returns a pointer to an ObjectReference, which should be
avoided in favor of a more scoped reference type.

Signed-off-by: hasheddan <georgedanielmangum@gmail.com>
---
 pkg/meta/meta.go | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/meta/meta.go b/pkg/meta/meta.go
index 3134ab1..c6df1b2 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/meta.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/meta.go
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ const (
 
 // ReferenceTo returns an object reference to the supplied object, presumed to
 // be of the supplied group, version, and kind.
+// Deprecated: use a more specific reference type, such as TypedReference or
+// Reference instead of the overly verbose ObjectReference.
+// See https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/issues/49
 func ReferenceTo(o metav1.Object, of schema.GroupVersionKind) *corev1.ObjectReference {
 	v, k := of.ToAPIVersionAndKind()
 	return &corev1.ObjectReference{