Re: Huge win, compressing a window of delta runs as a unit

["Jon Smirl" <jonsmirl@gmail.com>]

On 8/17/06, Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Jon Smirl wrote:
>
> > Is there a pack format version number built into the server procotol?
> > If not there needs to be one. When there is a mismatch with the server
> > pack version the client should simply display an error requesting an
> > upgrade of the client software.
>
> There is a pack version number.  Reception of an unknown pack already
> produces an error:
>
>         if (!pack_version_ok(hdr->hdr_version))
>                 die("unknown pack file version %d", ntohl(hdr->hdr_version));
>
> That will occur really early in a pull or clone when using the native
> protocol.

Can this be fixed so that if the pack protocol coming from the server
is greater than the one handled by the client. they client gets a nice
hint about upgrading?

-- 
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@gmail.com