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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Teach git-describe to display distances from tags.

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Jan 26, 2007, 09:51 UTC
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<20070126095114.GA15905@spearce.org>
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Francis Moreau <francis.moro@gmail.com> wrote:
> But there are incompatibilities.
Nothing really *that* major.  Heck, that git-describe change is
probably one of the biggest, if not the biggest.
 
> Another example, which may be a bad one since I unfortunately don't
> have time to follow closely git's development: the internal of 'git
> pull' has completely changed. If I clone a repo with git v1.4.x and I
> pull in this repo with git v1.5.x, does it still works ?
Yes, of course.  Just like before too.

What's different is if you clone with 1.5.x, as we now default to the seperate remotes layout. This was an option in 1.4.x and earlier, its now the only way its done in 1.5.x.

-- 
Shawn.
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Message 11 of 15 in “Teach git-describe to display distances from tags.”
  1. 1/2 Teach git-describe to display distances from tags.Shawn O. Pearce, Jan 25, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2007
  3. Shawn O. PearceJan 25, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2007
  5. Shawn O. PearceJan 25, 2007
  6. Nicolas PitreJan 25, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 26, 2007
  8. Francis MoreauJan 26, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 26, 2007
  10. Francis MoreauJan 26, 2007
  11. Shawn O. PearceJan 26, 2007
  12. Andy ParkinsJan 26, 2007
  13. If abbrev is set to zero in git-describe, don't add the unique suffixAndy Parkins, Jan 26, 2007
  14. Jakub NarebskiJan 26, 2007
  15. Matthias LederhoferJan 26, 2007

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