On 2023-05-17 at 21:48:39, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "brian m. carlson" <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > We recently fixed empty clones with SHA-256 over protocol v2 by
> > honouring the hash algorithm specified even when no refs are present.
> > However, in doing so, we made it impossible to set up a v0 or v1
> > repository by cloning from an empty SHA-256 repository. In doing so, we
> > also broke the Git LFS testsuite for SHA-256 repositories.
> >
> > This series introduces the dummy `capabilities^{}` entry for fetches and
> > clones from an empty repository for v0 and v1, just as we do for clones.
> > This is already supported by older versions of Git, as well as libgit2,
> > dulwich, and JGit.
> >
> > Changes since v2:
> > * Move advertisement of fake capabilities ref to a separate function to
> > avoid an extra strcmp.
>
> We want this in -rc2 if not -rc1 for the upcoming release, right?
> I've read the patch again and it all looked sensible.
If it's possible, that would be great. I understand you just put out
-rc0, and I apologize for the delay in getting back to you, but it would
be ideal to avoid having the problem we're fixing in the release.
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brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA
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