diff --git a/doc/3-faq-tips-etc.mkd b/doc/3-faq-tips-etc.mkd
index 3e5b77c..ff8dc09 100644
--- a/doc/3-faq-tips-etc.mkd
+++ b/doc/3-faq-tips-etc.mkd
@@ -61,32 +61,7 @@ In this document:
 
 ## git version dependency
 
-Here's a workaround for a version dependency that the normal flow of gitolite
-has.
-
-When you edit your config file to create a new repo, and push the changes to
-the server, gitolite creates an empty, bare repo for you.  Normally, you're
-expected to clone this on the client side, and start working -- make your
-first commit(s), then push, etc.
-
-However, cloning an empty repo requires a server side git version that is at
-least 1.6.2.  Gitolite detects this when creating a repo, and warns you.
-
-The workaround is to use the older (gitosis-style) method on the client:
-create an empty repo locally, make a commit or two, set an "origin" remote,
-and then push.  Something like:
-
-    mkdir my-new-project
-    cd    my-new-project
-    git init
-    git commit --allow-empty -m 'Initial repository'
-    # or, if your client side git is too old for --allow-empty, just make some
-    # files, "git add" them, then "git commit"
-    git remote add origin git@gitolite-server:my-new-project.git
-    git push origin master:master
-
-Once this is done, the repo is available for cloning by anyone else in the
-normal way, since it's not empty anymore.
+Gitolite (on the server) now refuses to run if git is not at least 1.6.2.
 
 ## other errors, warnings, notes...
 
diff --git a/doc/CHANGELOG b/doc/CHANGELOG
index d1c1584..32de001 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGELOG
+++ b/doc/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ Major changes to gitolite, master branch only, most recent first, no dates but
 the tags can help you position stuff approximately
 [NYD = not yet documented due to lack of time...]
 
+  - REFUSE TO RUN ON SERVER GIT < 1.6.2 (do NOT upgrade gitolite to or beyond
+    this point if you are unable to upgrade git itself to at least 1.6.2)
+
+  - "D" must be combined with RW or RW+ (warning: minor backward compat breakage)
+
   - v1.4
 
   - recurse through keydir for pubkeys
diff --git a/src/gl-compile-conf b/src/gl-compile-conf
index 50c2668..9411c4d 100755
--- a/src/gl-compile-conf
+++ b/src/gl-compile-conf
@@ -408,10 +408,10 @@ for my $repo (sort keys %repos) {
     }
 }
 
-warn "\n\t\t***** WARNING *****\n" .
+die "\n\t\t***** AAARGH! *****\n" .
     "\tyour git version is older than 1.6.2\n" .
-    "\tgitolite will work but you MUST read the section on\n" .
-    "\t\"git version dependency\" in doc/3-faq-tips-etc.mkd\n"
+    "\tsince that is now more than one year old, and gitolite needs some of\n" .
+    "\tthe newer features, please upgrade.\n"
     if $git_version < 10602;     # that's 1.6.2 to you
 
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