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To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

>>   - pack-objects can copy a non-delta representation of a object
>>     with the new style header straight into packs.
>>...
>>   * Hopefully not too long after 1.4.2:
>>   - New style loose objects, which use the same header format as
>>     in-pack objects, can be copied straight into packs when not
>>     deltified.  I am hoping that we can make the new-style loose
>>     objects the default in 10 to 12 weeks to give everybody time
>>     to update to 1.4 series.
>
> These are the same, no?

Yeah; I meant to say that we need to wait a while before making
the new style loose object the default, since people with older
git would not be able to use them.