repo: lower min version of git a bit

We were perhaps a bit too hasty to jump to git-2.10.  Existing LTS
releases of Ubuntu are quite old still: Trusty has 1.9 while Xenial
has 2.5.  While we plan on dropping support for those eventually as
we migrate to Python 3.6, we don't need to be so strict just yet on
the git versions.

We also want to disconnect the version the repo launcher requires
from the version the rest of the source tree requires.  The repo
launcher doesn't need as many features, and being flexible there
allows us more freedom to upgrade & rollback as needed.

So we'll allow git-1.7 again, but start warning on any users older
than git-1.9.  This aligns better with existing LTS releases, and
gives users a chance to start upgrading before we cut them off.

Change-Id: I140305dd8e42c9719c84e2aee0dc6a5c5b18da25
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/254573
Reviewed-by: David Pursehouse <dpursehouse@collab.net>
Tested-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/repo b/repo
index 2b125296..01d5c46d 100755
--- a/repo
+++ b/repo
@@ -166,7 +166,12 @@ TACbBS+Up3RpfYVfd63c1cDdlru13pQAn3NQy/SN858MkxN+zym86UBgOad2
 """
 
 GIT = 'git'                      # our git command
-MIN_GIT_VERSION = (2, 10, 2)     # minimum supported git version
+# NB: The version of git that the repo launcher requires may be much older than
+# the version of git that the main repo source tree requires.  Keeping this at
+# an older version also makes it easier for users to upgrade/rollback as needed.
+#
+# git-1.7 is in (EOL) Ubuntu Precise.
+MIN_GIT_VERSION = (1, 7, 2)      # minimum supported git version
 repodir = '.repo'                # name of repo's private directory
 S_repo = 'repo'                  # special repo repository
 S_manifests = 'manifests'        # special manifest repository