On 12/30/2013 08:47 AM, Beman Dawes wrote:
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/Git/GitHome documents Boost's version requirement for Git, currently at 1.7.3.
The regression scripts are using the clone --single-branch option, which became available at git 1.7.10, so we are planning to bump the version requirement.
Done anyone have a problem with this?
Personally, no. I also use Ubuntu 12.04-LTS which comes with 1.7.9, but I use a more recent version of git that supports the process requirements of another project I contribute to. Practically, though, it shouldn't matter for anybody who doesn't use the regression scripts. The git repository format is extremely stable. Might be an issue if two versions were mutating the metadata in the same repository, but pushing/pulling through a remote should be unaffected. IOW, this requirement may not actually impact many people, especially if testing is normally done in cloud VMs rather than on development machines. Peter