Re: [GSoC PATCH v9 3/5] repo: add the field layout.bare

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 15, 2025, 01:20 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqectdv0rz.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cSZnfG7NDCGDDnFvtwS4hpcGkmVKA0hPhLALmXj=0Zbbw@mail.gmail.com>

Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

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>> I also care about future-proofing, though.  When Git is built with
>> WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES=YesPlease, this test would break as the
>> default reference backend will be reftable in that alternate world,
>> wouldn't it?
>
> I think Lucas already future-proofed this (and my example copied his
> future-proofing) by using `--ref-format=files` with the git-init
> invocation.

Ah, OK, if we are forcing a specific format, then we are already future-proofed, especially when the format is something that will be with us forever, like the files backend.

Thanks.

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