Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/30] subtree: drop support for git < 1.7

From: Luke Shumaker <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 14:07:12 -0600

On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 13:42:14 -0600,
Luke Shumaker wrote:
> "Ignore space change" is probably helpful when viewing this diff.

For mailing-list reading, the `git show -w` is:

---
diff --git a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
index 9ca498f81c..4503564f7e 100755
--- a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
+++ b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
@@ -852,16 +852,6 @@ cmd_merge () {
 		rev="$new"
 	fi
 
-	version=$(git version)
-	if test "$version" \< "git version 1.7"
-	then
-		if test -n "$message"
-		then
-			git merge -s subtree --message="$message" "$rev"
-		else
-			git merge -s subtree "$rev"
-		fi
-	else
 	if test -n "$message"
 	then
 		git merge -Xsubtree="$prefix" \
@@ -869,7 +859,6 @@ cmd_merge () {
 	else
 		git merge -Xsubtree="$prefix" $rev
 	fi
-	fi
 }
 
 cmd_pull () {