From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:58:41 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make list of features auto-managed.
Message-ID: <7v4pl0bpxq.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070622032502.GA17393@spearce.org>

"Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org> writes:

> Here's the problem though: `git-blame -w` will be supported
> in Git 1.5.3 and later, we all know this.  But Git doesn't.
> Ask git-describe what version `master` and `next` are; its
> v1.5.2.2-249 and v1.5.2.2-1050.
>
> So tell me, how can git-gui know that Git 1.5.2.2.249 is OK, and
> 1.5.3 is OK, but 1.5.2.3 isn't?

You don't.  Although 1.5.2.2.249 may have it, you do not enable
it for that version.

That is what "1.5.3 or later" implies.  And in 6 weeks that
little distinction does not matter.

Pretty simple.