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Re: [PATCH] core.legacyheaders: Use the description used in RelNotes-1.5.0

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Feb 23, 2007, 18:44 UTC
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Santi Béjar <sbejar@gmail.com> writes:
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> +	A boolean which
> +	changes the format of loose objects so that they are more
> +	efficient to pack and to send out of the repository over git
> +	native protocol, since v1.4.2.  However, loose objects
> +	written in the new format cannot be read by git older than
> +	that version; people fetching from your repository using
> +	older clients over dumb transports (e.g. http) using older
> +	versions of git will also be affected.

Much better than the original but "using older clients" and "using older versions of git" sounds duplicated.

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> ++
> +To let git use the new loose object format, you have to
> +set core.legacyheaders to false.
>  
>  core.packedGitWindowSize::
>  	Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
> -- 
> 1.5.0.1.576.g78541
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  1. core.legacyheaders: Use the description used in RelNotes-1.5.0Santi Béjar, Feb 23, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2007

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