On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> If a clone exists with the old organization (v1.8.2) it will prevent the >> new shared repository organization from working, so let's remove this >> repository, which is not used any more. >> >> Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- > > What happens with and without this patch to an existing user from > 1.8.2 days, when she does what? I already explained it would prevent the new shared repository organization from working, so the old organization would be used; the repositories won't be shared. > A sample answer (to show the level of descriptiveness, not the > content, I am epecting) might go something like "Because the > organization is different, it will barf whenever she tries to > incrementally update from the other side. By removing the old one > 1.8.3 contrib/ does not understand, at least we can unstuck her; she > ends up reimporting the whole history, though." Bazaar won't barf, the repositories will be duplicated, so the shared feature won't work. -- Felipe Contreras -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html