From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:32:25 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make list of features auto-managed.
Message-ID: <7v7ipxw1bq.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.99.0706211137020.20596@xanadu.home>

Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes:

> Well, just in case my opinion matters...

Well, you already do ;-)

> I don't like this feature list idea at all.

... and thanks for bringing a bit of sanity to this thread.

> When you need git behavior X and you know that it appeared in version Y 
> then you only need to test for git_version >= Y.  Determining that 
> particular Y is much easier after the facts using the commit log than 
> trying to anticipate what item should be added to a feature list for 
> future usage.  In fact the same argument as for not explicitly recording 
> renames in commit objects should apply here.

Very well put; that is exactly what I wanted to say in two
messages ago.