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diff --git a/doc/design/exporting_trees_to_special_remotes/comment_18_fe77370699b7ce0acd547fd1e045e254._comment b/doc/design/exporting_trees_to_special_remotes/comment_18_fe77370699b7ce0acd547fd1e045e254._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bebfee6ed --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/design/exporting_trees_to_special_remotes/comment_18_fe77370699b7ce0acd547fd1e045e254._comment @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 18""" + date="2018-02-07T16:43:02Z" + content=""" +Changing VERSION would prevent any older versions of git-annex from working +with that external special remote, since they would reject the unknown +version. (The current parsing of VERSION also happens to preclude adding +some fields after the number.) + +Since it seems completely possible to make the protocol be changed in a way +that is backwards compatible both ways, while still letting new features to +be used, I'd rather reserve changing VERSION for whatever future thing +needs a full breaking bump. +"""]] |