Support for reftable available in Git 2.46.0

[andymac4182]

Hi,

I have been experimenting with reftable support in the latest version of Git.
I can't open the repo in Fork due to errors.

https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2024/07/29/whats-new-in-git-2-46-0/

Replication steps

git init .
git commit --allow-empty -m "init"
Open repo in fork. 

[DanPristupov]

Right now reftables are not supported, but we will implement it soon.

[spadger]

In case anyone needs for to work with a reftables repo, you can migrate it back to the old ref format

git refs migrate --ref-format files 

[Binlogo]

As Git v2.51.0 announce mentioned:

• The reftable ref backend has matured enough; Git 3.0 will make it
  the default format in a newly created repositories by default.

More and more repos uses reftables, and those cannot be opened in the Fork.

[uvw]

Any updates on this issue? I agree, more and more repos use reftables. Moreover, I have to use reftables in some repos depending on the system.

[DanPristupov]

It's on our to-do list, but it's a very big task.

[DanPristupov]

We're working on reftables. Does anyone want to be a tester?

[spadger]

We're working on reftables. Does anyone want to be a tester?

Sure, I'm happy to

[DanPristupov]

@spadger

Hi,

Here is the build with reftable support: https://cdn.fork.dev/prerelease/Fork-2.62.36.dmg

To convert your repository to reftable format, run git refs migrate --ref-format=reftable.
To roll back to the original format, run git refs migrate --ref-format=files.

This build is safe to use and your data cannot be corrupted. Fork performs extensive internal validation, and an error dialog will appear if anything unexpected occurs.

The following features were affected by this change:

• Branches, remote branches, and tags
• Stashes
• Active commit, active branch, and detached HEAD state
• Cherry-pick and revert in progress status
• Bisect
• Worktrees

[DanPristupov]

We just released Fork 2.64 with reftables support!

[uvw]

Works flawlessly so far. @DanPristupov, huge thanks for making my favorite Git UI even better! ♥️