Re: [JGIT PATCH 2/2] Make Repository.isValidRefName compatible with Git 1.6.3

Hi,

On Fri, 8 May 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

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There must be at least some deprecation period during which also the 
old .lock lockfiles are considered and created. Just imagine someone 
modifying the ref with an older version, which knows nothing about 
..lck.

As lock files are only supposed to be created by Git itself, and have 
a maximum lifetime until the end of the process, I think we do not 
need a grace period at all.

Could there be people with slightly older git and shiny new jgit (or the 
other combination) working on the same repository?

You mean concurrently?  Sure, but do we have to care?  People doing this 
certainly know what they are doing, and live happily even with a 0.5" 
hole in their foot.

Ciao,
Dscho