Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins

[Andreas Ericsson <ae@xxxxxx>]

Matthieu Moy wrote:
> Andreas Ericsson <ae@xxxxxx> writes:
>
> > There's one, actually. The default pack-index version is increased now,
> > so really, really old clients (pre-1.4.5) won't be able to understand
> > the packs generated by default by a new server.
>
> AAUI, the pack itself is sent over the network, but the index is
> generated locally when receiving the pack, so this shouldn't be a
> problem.

Which is why I later in the same message pointed out that this should
only happen when using dumb protocols where the pack isn't reindexed
after it has been fetched.

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