Jonathan Nieder writes:
> tags 486403 - patch
> tags 486403 + wontfix
> thanks
>
> Hi George,
>
> George Danchev wrote:
> > --- help.c.orig 2008-06-15 23:42:39.000000000 +0300
> > +++ help.c 2008-06-15 23:44:06.000000000 +0300
> > @@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
> >
> > int cmd_version(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> > {
> > - printf("git version %s\n", git_version_string);
> > + printf("git version %s (repo version %d)\n", git_version_string,
> > GIT_REPO_VERSION); return 0;
> > }
>
> Thanks for the patch. Unfortunately, I do not understand the use for
> it.
>
> You see, git’s repository format _has_ changed in incompatible ways a
> few times already without any corrusponding bump in the repository
> format version. Examples: the addition of packed refs, and the
> addition of alternative packed object formats. Maybe that is
> unfortunate, but it has not caused any major breakage I know of. Part
> of the problem is perhaps that different features are added at the
> same time and it is not immediately obvious which one deserves the
> higher repository version number.
Well, if that is the case, I'd agree we can close that bug. Agreed?
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