From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:39:21 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add .git/version Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <11322339372137-git-send-email-matlads@dsmagic.com> Hi, On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Martin Atukunda wrote: > This patch series attempts to add .git/version support to init-db.c. Wouldn't it make more sense to add the variable VERSION to git-var? After all, git is designed to be backwards compatible; newer versions are supposed to work with ancient repositories. I think you are more interested in knowing which version the tools are at. Ciao, Dscho