Re: [PATCH v7] fetch-pack: always allow fetching of literal SHA1s

> fetch-pack, when fetching a literal SHA-1 from a server that is not
> configured with uploadpack.allowtipsha1inwant (or similar), always
> returns an error message of the form "Server does not allow request for
> unadvertised object %s". However, it is sometimes the case that such
> object is advertised. This situation would occur, for example, if a user
> or a script was provided a SHA-1 instead of a branch or tag name for
> fetching, and wanted to invoke "git fetch" or "git fetch-pack" using
> that SHA-1.
>
> Teach fetch-pack to also check the SHA-1s of the refs in the received
> ref advertisement if a literal SHA-1 was given by the user.
>
> Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
> ---
>  fetch-pack.c          | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)