# [PATCH] doc: update advice about other implementations' v4 index support 3 messages from 2021-04-09 to 2021-04-10. Participants: scottworley@scottworley.com, Junio C Hamano, Derrick Stolee. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/55466 ## scottworley@scottworley.com, 2021-04-09 20:22 Subject: [PATCH] doc: update advice about other implementations' v4 index support Message-ID: <20210409202206.29990-1-scottworley@scottworley.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20210409202206.29990-1-scottworley%40scottworley.com ``` From: Scott Worley Signed-off-by: Scott Worley --- Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index 2853f168d9..e8eca5dadf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -166,9 +166,10 @@ you will need to handle the situation manually. + Version 4 performs a simple pathname compression that reduces index size by 30%-50% on large repositories, which results in faster load -time. Version 4 is relatively young (first released in 1.8.0 in -October 2012). Other Git implementations such as JGit and libgit2 -may not support it yet. +time. Version 4 is relatively young (first released in git 1.8.0 in +October 2012, supported in libgit2 0.24.4 from December 2016, go-git +4.0.0 from January 2018, and jgit 5.9.0 from September 2020). Other +Git implementations such as Dulwich may not support it yet. -z:: Only meaningful with `--stdin` or `--index-info`; paths are -- 2.29.3 ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2021-04-09 22:45 Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: update advice about other implementations' v4 index support Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqq1rbjm617.fsf%40gitster.g In-Reply-To: <20210409202206.29990-1-scottworley@scottworley.com> ``` scottworley@scottworley.com writes: > From: Scott Worley > > Signed-off-by: Scott Worley > --- > Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 7 ++++--- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt > index 2853f168d9..e8eca5dadf 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt > @@ -166,9 +166,10 @@ you will need to handle the situation manually. > + > Version 4 performs a simple pathname compression that reduces index > size by 30%-50% on large repositories, which results in faster load > -time. Version 4 is relatively young (first released in 1.8.0 in > -October 2012). Other Git implementations such as JGit and libgit2 > -may not support it yet. > +time. Version 4 is relatively young (first released in git 1.8.0 in > +October 2012, supported in libgit2 0.24.4 from December 2016, go-git > +4.0.0 from January 2018, and jgit 5.9.0 from September 2020). Other > +Git implementations such as Dulwich may not support it yet. Thanks for these dates. Time flies---I didn't realize it has been almost 9 years---the feature was merged in May 2012, in v1.7.11 (yes, I am hinting that the original lists a wrong date and we should correct it while at it). I wonder if we should lose "relatively young" from the description here, though. ``` ## Derrick Stolee, 2021-04-10 01:12 Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: update advice about other implementations' v4 index support Message-ID: <6be901d0-1b7d-d4ef-388e-e7b2e4edbc7f@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/6be901d0-1b7d-d4ef-388e-e7b2e4edbc7f%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On 4/9/2021 6:45 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > scottworley@scottworley.com writes: > >> From: Scott Worley >> >> Signed-off-by: Scott Worley >> --- >> Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 7 ++++--- >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt >> index 2853f168d9..e8eca5dadf 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt >> @@ -166,9 +166,10 @@ you will need to handle the situation manually. >> + >> Version 4 performs a simple pathname compression that reduces index >> size by 30%-50% on large repositories, which results in faster load >> -time. Version 4 is relatively young (first released in 1.8.0 in >> -October 2012). Other Git implementations such as JGit and libgit2 >> -may not support it yet. >> +time. Version 4 is relatively young (first released in git 1.8.0 in >> +October 2012, supported in libgit2 0.24.4 from December 2016, go-git >> +4.0.0 from January 2018, and jgit 5.9.0 from September 2020). Other >> +Git implementations such as Dulwich may not support it yet. > > Thanks for these dates. Time flies---I didn't realize it has been > almost 9 years---the feature was merged in May 2012, in v1.7.11 > (yes, I am hinting that the original lists a wrong date and we > should correct it while at it). > > I wonder if we should lose "relatively young" from the description > here, though. I was thinking the same thing. It has had extensions added such as the End-of-index extension, but even that is approaching three years ago. Thanks, -Stolee ```