Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@xxxxxxx> writes: > Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> >>> Used together with [1/7], this change is Ok in a homogeneous environment, >>> but it would break people who use git of different vintage on the same >>> repository (think of a repository on a networked filesystem). You clone >>> like this, and older git won't grok the push configuration anymore. >>> >>> It may look a very minor point, but I think it deserves mentioning. >> >> I think it is reasonable to require cloning with the >> least-common-denominator version in this case. Think of what >> happened if the pack format changed. > > Any news on this (and on 1/7, which is in pu)? I did not personally find that argument convincing, and I thought list agreed with me with silence ;-). The pack-format change is a big deal and benefit everybody. Comparing it with this change feels like comparing an apple and a poppy seed, doesn't it? -- 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
