Re: [PATCH v2 03/18] ref-filter: make valid_atom as function parameter

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > I also think %(deltabase) does make sense for anything that points to an
> > object. I suspect it's not all that _useful_ for for-each-ref, but that
> > doesn't mean we can't return the sensible thing if somebody asks for it.
> 
> This may not be a new issue (or any issue at all), but is the
> ability to learn deltabase make any sense in the first place?
> 
> What should the code do when an object has three copies in the
> repo, i.e. one as a base object (or a loose one), another as a
> delta against an object, and the third one as a delta against
> a different object?