versions, err = buf.ListVersions(volume, path, allParts)
	} else {
		var xlMeta xlMetaV2
		if err := xlMeta.LoadOrConvert(xlMetaBuf); err != nil {
			return FileInfoVersions{}, err
		}
		versions, err = xlMeta.ListVersions(volume, path, allParts)
	}
	if err == nil && len(versions) == 0 {
		// This special case is needed to handle len(xlMeta.versions) == 0
		versions = []FileInfo{
			{
				Volume:   volume,

func decodeVersions(buf []byte, versions int, fn func(idx int, hdr, meta []byte) error) (e error) {
	var tHdr, tMeta []byte // Zero copy bytes
	for i := 0; i < versions; i++ {
		tHdr, buf, e = msgp.ReadBytesZC(buf)
		if e != nil {
			return e
		}
		tMeta, buf, e = msgp.ReadBytesZC(buf)
		if e != nil {
			return e
		}
		if e = fn(i, tHdr, tMeta); e != nil {
			return e
		}
	}
	return nil
}

		} else {
			versions = append(versions, fi)
			allVersionIDs = append(allVersionIDs, fi.VersionID)
		}
	}
	buf, err := xl.AppendTo(nil)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("Failed to serialize xlmeta %v", err)
	}
	fivs, err := getFileInfoVersions(buf, basefi.Volume, basefi.Name, false)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("getFileInfoVersions failed: %v", err)
	}
	chkNumVersions := func(fis []FileInfo) bool {

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## Description of `xl.meta`

`xl.meta` is a new self describing backend format used by MinIO to support AWS S3 compatible versioning.
This file is the source of truth for each `version` at rest. `xl.meta` is a msgpack file serialized from a
well defined data structure. To understand `xl.meta` here are the few things to start with

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