Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] Setup working tree in describe

> > > The implementation of --broken uses diff-index which calls
> > > setup_work_tree() itself.
> >
> > If I hadn't just read the rest of the thread, I'd probably wonder why we
> > are talking about --broken at all. Maybe:
> >
> >   The --broken option similarly needs a working tree. But because the
> >   current implementation calls an external diff-index to do the work,
> >   we don't have to bother setting up the working tree in the
> >   git-describe process.
> 
> This rewrite left me slightly in the dark since I had to infer that
> git-diff-index calls setup_work_tree() itself. Perhaps:
> 
>     ...an external diff-index to do the work, which itself calls
>     setup_work_tree(), we don't have to bother...
> 
> But that's minor.