Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] Hiding refs

> Right, I recall the general feeling being that such a system would work,
> and the transition would be managed by a config variable like
> "remote.*.useUploadPack2". Probably with settings like:
>
>   true:
>     always try, but allow fall back to upload-pack
>
>   false:
>     never try, always use upload-pack
>
>   auto:
>     try, but if we fail, set remote.*.uploadPackTimestamp, and do not
>     try again for N days
>
> The default would start at false, and people who know their server is
> very up-to-date can turn it on. And then when many server
> implementations support it, flip the default to auto. And either leave
> it there forever, or eventually just set it to "true" and drop "auto"
> entirely as a code cleanup.