The policy of the Git maintainer (Junio) on the main git list is to try very hard to ensure backward compatibility wherever possible.
There will be some small changes, but from what I see, most folk manage OK with their older versions while still talking to newer server versions. Obviously you won't have 'improvements' but that's your choice (what you don't have you don't miss as my mum used to say ;-) The release notes are quite copious if you do have a problem. I expect others will chime in with more focussed information as I'm not using those versions... Philip --- If you want to browse the posts on the git list http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git ----- Original Message ----- From: Seb To: git-users@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 6:43 AM Subject: [git-users] Upgrading Git version on server and/or local machines I've been running git 1.7.6 on both my local machines (osx) and my staging/production server (Linux/Ubuntu), the central repo is held on Assembla. I just bought a new server (Linux/CentOS) and was wondering what gremlins I should expect if I install the latest version of git on it? My main preoccupations are that I've got a number of ongoing projects that are all "in git1.7.6". So if I upgrade git on the server's box, would anything break? I'm also assuming that I'd also have to upgrade git version on my local machines too, no? Would anything totally evil happen if I installed the latest version of git on the external server and left the old version on my local machines? What's the given practice? Cheers. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
