# [PATCH] Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt: Expand on the incompatible packfiles 5 messages from 2008-07-17 to 2008-07-17. Participants: Petr Baudis, Jakub Narebski. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/14510 ## Petr Baudis, 2008-07-17 17:01 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt: Expand on the incompatible packfiles Message-ID: <20080717170118.14083.87086.stgit@localhost> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080717170118.14083.87086.stgit%40localhost ``` Note that v1.4.4.5 supports pack index v2, and describe how to keep your repositories backwards-compatible, shall you need to. Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis --- Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt index b29ba25..9bbb07e 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt @@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ main git.git codebase. By default, packfiles created with this version uses delta-base-offset encoding introduced in v1.4.4. Pack idx files are using version 2 that allows larger packs and added robustness thanks to its CRC checking, -introduced in v1.5.2. +introduced in v1.5.2 and v1.4.4.5. If you want to keep your repositories +backwards compatible past these versions, set repack.useDeltaBaseOffset +to false or pack.indexVersion to 1, respectively. GIT_CONFIG, which was only documented as affecting "git config", but actually affected all git commands, now only affects "git config". ``` ## Jakub Narebski, 2008-07-17 17:10 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt: Expand on the incompatible packfiles Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/g5nue6%243ek%241%40ger.gmane.org In-Reply-To: <20080717170118.14083.87086.stgit@localhost> ``` Petr Baudis wrote: > +introduced in v1.5.2 and v1.4.4.5.  If you want to keep your repositories > +backwards compatible past these versions, set repack.useDeltaBaseOffset > +to false or pack.indexVersion to 1, respectively. 'or'? Not 'and'? You shouldn't have, I think, this "respectively" here. You need it only if you are writing "a, b, c, then a', b', c', respectively". -- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland ShadeHawk on #git ``` ## Petr Baudis, 2008-07-17 17:20 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt: Expand on the incompatible packfiles Message-ID: <20080717172051.GY32184@machine.or.cz> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080717172051.GY32184%40machine.or.cz In-Reply-To: ``` On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 07:10:32PM +0200, Jakub Narebski wrote: > Petr Baudis wrote: > > > +introduced in v1.5.2 and v1.4.4.5.  If you want to keep your repositories > > +backwards compatible past these versions, set repack.useDeltaBaseOffset > > +to false or pack.indexVersion to 1, respectively. > > 'or'? Not 'and'? > > You shouldn't have, I think, this "respectively" here. You need it only > if you are writing "a, b, c, then a', b', c', respectively". The "respectively" means that the two options relate each to one of the two new features. I'm unclear about the 'or'-'and' question, though. Petr "Pasky" Baudis ``` ## Jakub Narebski, 2008-07-17 17:40 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt: Expand on the incompatible packfiles Message-ID: <200807171940.06288.jnareb@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200807171940.06288.jnareb%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20080717172051.GY32184@machine.or.cz> ``` Petr Baudis wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 07:10:32PM +0200, Jakub Narebski wrote: > > Petr Baudis wrote: > > > > > +introduced in v1.5.2 and v1.4.4.5.  If you want to keep your repositories > > > +backwards compatible past these versions, set repack.useDeltaBaseOffset > > > +to false or pack.indexVersion to 1, respectively. > > > > 'or'? Not 'and'? > > > > You shouldn't have, I think, this "respectively" here. You need it only > > if you are writing "a, b, c, then a', b', c', respectively". > > The "respectively" means that the two options relate each to one of the > two new features. Sorry, I have forgot that "respectively" might refer to the context which I don't see in a patch. > I'm unclear about the 'or'-'and' question, though. If you want to be backwards compatibile with pre v1.4.4.5 clients, do you have to set either option, or both options, or what? The same with pre v1.5.2 client... -- Jakub Narebski Poland ``` ## Petr Baudis, 2008-07-17 17:45 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt: Expand on the incompatible packfiles Message-ID: <20080717174553.GF10151@machine.or.cz> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080717174553.GF10151%40machine.or.cz In-Reply-To: <200807171940.06288.jnareb@gmail.com> ``` On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 07:40:06PM +0200, Jakub Narebski wrote: > Petr Baudis wrote: > > I'm unclear about the 'or'-'and' question, though. > > If you want to be backwards compatibile with pre v1.4.4.5 clients, > do you have to set either option, or both options, or what? The > same with pre v1.5.2 client... If you want to be backwards compatible with _either_ pre-v1.4.4 or pre-v1.5.2, you will set _either_ (a) or (b). Setting (a) implies you want to set (b) too, though. :-) Petr "Pasky" Baudis ```