Adjust minimum git version with git-file support.

Byron · Byron · commit 3d74543a545a · 2015-02-19T18:29:10.000+01:00
As I am pretty sure to have tested it with 1.7.0, I assume they added the git file feature somewhere between .0 .10. Fixes gitpython-developers#252
diff --git a/git/objects/submodule/base.py b/git/objects/submodule/base.py
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ def _get_intermediate_items(self, item):
 
     @classmethod
     def _need_gitfile_submodules(cls, git):
-        return git.version_info[:3] >= (1, 8, 0)
+        # on debian wheezy, it seems to already support git files at this version. Maybe even earler, who knows
+        return git.version_info[:3] >= (1, 7, 10)
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
         """Compare with another submodule"""
