On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:00, Tait <git.git@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> What is the minimum Perl version git expects to support?
>
> I ask, because f922df8... seems to have introduced a open() syntax that
> is not compatible with some older Perl versions.
I've found that for add -p you'll need 5.8.x or newer, due to stuff like
my $fh = undef;
open($fh, '-|', @_) or die;
which fails in e.g. perl 5.6.
There could be some other stuff (in addition to add -p) that also does
this kind of thing.
-Tor
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