Attachment contents is only added for CouchDB versions above 1.6.0 about couchdb-dump HOT 6 CLOSED

Need to:

• Identify CouchDB version
• Strip the attachments param from the URL if <1.6 and display a warn message
• Add a note to the README

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I didn't find an easy way to determine the couchdb API version, as it often varied between old/new/git versions etc.
I've updated the documentation at least, and versions prior to 1.6 are pretty old now, so maybe we should just close this?

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Maybe curl ${host}:${port} is an option to retrieve the CouchDB version. Or am I missing something?

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It's been a while, but iirc there were differences in the versioning format between older versions (before about 1.4ish?), git versions, current versions (say 1.6+) and future (2.0) versions.
But don't hold me to that :)
It's probably doable, but being that we've not had many requests/complaints it doesn't seem much worthwhile investing the time on.

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Sure. Got you.

An information in the documentation about this usage restriction is enough! Feel free to close the issue.

Cheers.

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Have done :) thanks!

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