Re: [PATCH] t5616: make robust to delta base change

> Commit 6462d5eb9a ("fetch: remove fetch_if_missing=0", 2019-11-08)
> contains a test that relies on having to lazily fetch the delta base of
> a blob, but assumes that the tree being fetched (as part of the test) is
> sent as a non-delta object. This assumption may not hold in the future;
> for example, a change in the length of the object hash might result in
> the tree being sent as a delta instead.
> 
> Make the test more robust by relying on having to lazily fetch the delta
> base of the tree instead, and by making no assumptions on whether the
> blobs are sent as delta or non-delta.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
> ---
> Thanks, brian, for bringing this to my attention. I think that the
> change in the length of the object hash made the tree a delta and thus
> require a lazy-fetch of its delta base. Can you see if this patch
> eliminates the need for your t5616 patch?
> 
> In any case, this change passes at master and I think should go in
> independent of brian's changes - if the delta base algorithm changes for
> whatever reason, this is still needed to make the test more robust.