From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:23:30 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/2] update-index: list supported idx versions and their features Message-ID: <7vk3py7mi5.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20130223205356.GC3222@elie.Belkin> Thanks, both. Jonathan Nieder writes: > Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote: > ... >> + Version 4 performs a simple pathname compression that could >> + reduce index size by 30%-50% on large repositories, which >> + results in faster load time. Version 4 is relatively young >> + (first released in 1.8.0 in October 2012). Other Git >> + implementations may not support it yet. > > Usage nit: s/could/can/ I think s/could reduce/reduces/ is even simpler.