[bug#70656] [PATCH python-team 3/4] gnu: python-pbr: Use git-minimal/pinned.

[Greg Hogan]

On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 4:14 AM Lars-Dominik Braun <lars@6xq.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > This helps reduce the dependencies on git, as I think it's find to build 
> > with
> > a slightly older git, at least during periods when git-minimal/pinned needs
> > updating.
>
> this one is used on the repository cloned during build. As far as I see
> we use git-minimal for cloning. Do we know whether the on-disk structures
> of git are stable, i.e. can a clone of git version A be read by a git
> version B with B < A?

Why do we use git-minimal for cloning instead of git-minimal/pinned?