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Re: [PATCH 3/6] Stop producing index version 2

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 6, 2012, 07:10 UTC
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Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy  <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
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> read-cache.c learned to produce version 2 or 3 depending on whether
> extended cache entries exist in 06aaaa0 (Extend index to save more flags
> - 2008-10-01), first released in 1.6.1. The purpose is to keep
> compatibility with older git. It's been more than three years since
> then and git has reached 1.7.9. Drop support for older git.

Cc'ing this, as I suspect this would surely raise eyebrows of some people who wanted to get rid of the version 3 format.

Previous: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc DuyNext: Shawn Pearce
Message 4 of 20 in “read-cache: use sha1file for sha1 calculation”
  1. 1/6 read-cache: use sha1file for sha1 calculationNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 6, 2012
  2. 2/6 csum-file: make sha1 calculation optionalNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 6, 2012
  3. 3/6 Stop producing index version 2Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 6, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2012
  5. Shawn PearceFeb 7, 2012
  6. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 7, 2012
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 7, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2012
  9. Thomas RastFeb 7, 2012
  10. 4/6 Introduce index version 4 with global flagsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 6, 2012
  11. 5/6 Allow to use crc32 as a lighter checksum on indexNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 6, 2012
  12. Shawn PearceFeb 7, 2012
  13. Dave ZarzyckiFeb 7, 2012
  14. Dave ZarzyckiFeb 7, 2012
  15. 6/6 Automatically switch to crc32 checksum for index when it's too largeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 6, 2012
  16. Dave ZarzyckiFeb 6, 2012
  17. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 6, 2012
  18. Dave ZarzyckiFeb 6, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2012
  20. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 6, 2012

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