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Re: Git commit generation numbers

From
Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Jul 21, 2011, 20:33 UTC
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On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 13:27, George Spelvin <linux@horizon.com> wrote:
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> be enough for the time being.  As a local cache, it can be extended
> with a software upgrade.  There's no need to ever have support for two
> formats in any given release; just notice that the cache format is wrong,
> blow it away, and regenerate it.

Don't assume that. Consider a repository stored on NFS that is read-only to you. The NFS server has one version of Git installed, and is using cache format A. You have a newer version of Git installed on your workstation, using cache format B. Now you cannot use this repository as a local filesystem... its only available to you over the Git protocols. This breaks a number of people's environments. :-)

Its better if we can avoid having to change file formats very often, even if they are a local "cache".

-- 
Shawn.
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  1. George SpelvinJul 17, 2011
  2. Long, MartinJul 17, 2011
  3. Linus TorvaldsJul 17, 2011
  4. George SpelvinJul 17, 2011
  5. Linus TorvaldsJul 17, 2011
  6. George SpelvinJul 18, 2011
  7. Anthony Van de GejuchteJul 18, 2011
  8. George SpelvinJul 18, 2011
  9. Nicolas PitreJul 20, 2011
  10. George SpelvinJul 20, 2011
  11. david@lang.hmJul 20, 2011
  12. Nicolas PitreJul 20, 2011
  13. Phil HordJul 21, 2011
  14. david@lang.hmJul 21, 2011
  15. Shawn PearceJul 21, 2011
  16. Phil HordJul 21, 2011
  17. david@lang.hmJul 21, 2011
  18. George SpelvinJul 21, 2011
  19. Jakub NarebskiJul 21, 2011
  20. George SpelvinJul 21, 2011
  21. Shawn PearceJul 21, 2011
  22. Jakub NarebskiJul 22, 2011
  23. Nicolas PitreJul 22, 2011
  24. david@lang.hmJul 22, 2011
  25. Jakub NarebskiJul 22, 2011
  26. Linus TorvaldsJul 22, 2011
  27. Jeff KingJul 22, 2011
  28. Felipe ContrerasJul 28, 2011
  29. Ramkumar RamachandraSep 6, 2011
  30. david@lang.hmJul 22, 2011
  31. Nicolas PitreJul 22, 2011
  32. david@lang.hmJul 22, 2011
  33. Phil HordJul 21, 2011
  34. Nicolas PitreJul 21, 2011
  35. Phil HordJul 21, 2011

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