Re: [PATCH] index-pack: eliminate unlimited recursion in get_delta_base()

> I think you missed the critical recursion. The real work is the
> recursion within find_unresolved_deltas(). This little helper
> get_base_data() shouldn't be tripping over these cases unless we have
> run out of delta_base_cache_limit and released objects near the base
> end of the delta chain, in which case this will restore them.
>
> Maybe this is useful on its own, but in my opinion its not an
> interesting patch to consider without first fixing
> find_unresolved_deltas's recursion.