Re: [PATCH v5 4/6] serve: advertise object-info feature

From: Calvin Wan <calvinwan@google.com>
Date: Aug 1, 2022, 18:58 UTC
Message-ID: <CAFySSZC7+j-35TD9jy5y7RW8zmQi+mAZEdwdvhuXwN9-XvZQ-w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqtu6vyf5n.fsf@gitster.g>

> Is it?  older clients by definition does not know about "type", no?

Newer client, older remote server was the situation I was thinking about

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> I am perfectly happy with the capability advertisement to say not
> just "object-info", but also what attributes of objects you can be
> queried, by the way.  If clients right now (i.e. without this
> series) expect that the other side who advertises "object-info"
> without "=<these>,<attributes>,<are>,<supported>" supports only
> "size", for example, perhaps treat the bare "object-info" capability
> just as a synonym of "object-info=size", or something?

This is a good idea! Thanks

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