Re: [PATCH] Make list of features auto-managed.

Nicolas Pitre [off-list ref] writes:

Well, just in case my opinion matters...

Well, you already do ;-)

I don't like this feature list idea at all.

... and thanks for bringing a bit of sanity to this thread.

When you need git behavior X and you know that it appeared in version Y 
then you only need to test for git_version >= Y.  Determining that 
particular Y is much easier after the facts using the commit log than 
trying to anticipate what item should be added to a feature list for 
future usage.  In fact the same argument as for not explicitly recording 
renames in commit objects should apply here.

Very well put; that is exactly what I wanted to say in two
messages ago.