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 to init in a crippled filesystem. 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: - - - Note that direct mode repos with old git-annex interoperate with adjusted unlocked repos with new git-annex, so there is no need to wait for v7 to be widely supported. ## step 4: default for all new repositories Could probably happen fairly soon after default in direct mode. This is entirely new repositories that git-annex init is run in for the first time (no sibling git-annex branches). ## step 5: 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. If one upgrades to v7 and starts using unlocked files, those files won't be accessible on the old v5 machines. ## step 6: remove support for direct mode Will simplify a lot of code. ## step 7: 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?