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

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 01:43:51 -0700

Johannes Schindelin <[email-masked]> writes:

>> 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?