Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote: > ... > Actually the first release to support this is v1.4.4 not v1.5.0. > >> I am basing the above 1.5.0 on description of b6945f5 (git-repack: >> repo.usedeltabaseoffset, 2006-10-13). > > $ git describe --contains b6945f5 > v1.4.4-rc1~77^2~2 I know, as I did that myself; but I wanted to be conservative and gave a release after a major release bump. >> On the "indexVersion" change, the documentation reads: >> >> pack.indexVersion:: >> Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for >> legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for >> the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB >> as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted >> + packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced >> + and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is >> + larger than 2 GB. >> >> which lacks the recovery insn (and it is int strictly the fault of this >> patch, but we should have done this when we introduced the v2 idx). I >> think a separate paragraph after the above would be necessary and >> sufficient: >> >> If you have an ancient git that does not understand the version 2 >> `*.idx` file, cloning or fetching over a non native protocol >> (e.g. "http" and "rsync") which will copy both `*.pack` file and >> corresponding `*.idx` file from the other side may give you a >> repository that cannot be accessed with your old git. If the >> `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however, you can use >> `git-index-pack` on the `*.pack` to regenerate the `*.idx` file. > > Looks fine to me. Will you amend the patches or do you want me to > repost them? No worries. After re-reading what you wrote I think both are fine as they are. I do not mind adding the above 7 lines to the indexVersion one myself. -- 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
