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		conradev 12 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Git: Introduce Rust and announce it will become ma... I obviously don’t think that is wise, but Git is literally designed with this in mind: https://git-scm.com/docs/repository-version/2.39.0 Just like SQLite has an explicit compatibility guarantee through 2050. You literally do not have to update if you do not want to.

metaltyphoon 12 days ago | [–]

And it’s still a choice you can make regardless of Git moving to Rust or not, so what’s the problem?

akerl_ 11 days ago | [–]

This is the repo format version.

It's pretty different from the git version, which receives new releases all the time for things like security patches, improvements, and new features.

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