Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > By contrast to old formats like tar, the git pack (and idx) formats _do_ > > contain a version number. Three versions exist: Version 1 was never > > broadly used. ("Throw one away".) Version 3 is not generated by current > > versions of git. Git might start generating it at some point in the future, > > but has already supported reading it since 2006 -- a positively > > Debianish update schedule. Version 2 is what everyone uses now. > > Is there a way to extract that version number with a git command line? It should be possible to teach file to do it, since it's just a matter of reading a C struct header. -- see shy jo
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