Tracking v7 progress toward becoming the default. ## step 1: release done ## step 2: default for new direct mode repositories Done when using the command line. The assistant still creates direct mode repositories though, and will need to enable annex.thin and adjusted unlocked branch instead. ## step 3: auto-upgrade from direct mode Direct mode is very buggy and limited, so it's easy for v7 (with adjusted unlocked branches) to be better than it. Need to give it some time for problems to be found though. Here are some problems that need to be investigated first: - - - Also need to wait until git-annex v7 is widely supported. In Debian stable seems reasonable. A direct mode repository may be used by multiple machines, some not supporting v7 and some that do. ## step 4: automatic v5 to v7 upgrades Since v5 repos and v7 repos not using unlocked files are functionally almost identical, this is unlikely to break much. Unlocking files will of course change behavior though. This needs to be deferred until every git-annex likely to be in use supports v7. A v5 repository may be used by multiple machines, some not supporting v7 and some that do. Probably around the same time auto-upgrade from direct mode is done then. ## step 5: default for all new repositories Could probably happen fairly soon after default in direct mode. ## step 6: remove support for direct mode Will simplify a lot of code. ## step 6: remove support for v5 This won't simplify much code, but maybe worth doing eventually. Best not to rush this, maybe in 5 years from when v7 is default?