From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:38:51 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] provide advance warning of some future pack default changes
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.999999.0712140836140.8467@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <m3fxy5qwbq.fsf@roke.D-201>

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, Jakub Narebski wrote:

> Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes:
> 
> > + * From v1.5.5, the repack.usedeltabaseoffset config option will default
> > +   to true, which will give denser packfile (i.e. more efficient storage).
> > +   The downside is that git older than version 1.4.4 will not be able
> > +   to directly use a repository packed using this setting.
> > +
> > + * From v1.5.5, the pack.indexversion config option will default to 2,
> > +   which is slightly more efficient, and makes repacking more immune to
> > +   data corruptions.  Git older than version 1.5.2 may revert to version 1
> > +   of the pack index with a manual "git index-pack" to be able to directly
> > +   access corresponding pack files.
> 
> Which means what? Local clone with shortcut (hardlinking and remotes)?
> Dumb protocols (http, ftp, rsync)?

Right, or simply shared repo over NFS or the like.

The 1.5.5 release notes will contain a note reminding people to set the 
corresponding config variables if they wish to retain the legacy 
behaviors.


Nicolas