Re: [PATCH 2/2] packfile: recover when a multi-pack-index names a removed pack

From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 25, 2026, 07:38 UTC
Message-ID: <CABPp-BEkqKgJ3WLt323ntLp07n8dojhEoLu80fSmvz2D1ci0bw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20260824070601.GC149254@coredump.intra.peff.net>

On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 12:06 AM Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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> It's only the case that this patch is helping (when the object is not
> moved at all, but an existing duplicate is hidden in the midx) where we
> have to re-scan all of those packs. But we don't know which case is
> which until we get to the SECOND_READ stage. So I think this probably
> should only kick in for SECOND_READ.

I implemented that in v2.

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