Re: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "repository: pre-initialize hash algo pointer"

From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date: Feb 23, 2018, 20:04 UTC
Message-ID: <CAGZ79kZUyo-C8FvphXh8dO8s0V5-Sa=fP=faXEiyD3xSezQsRw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqfu5rtrhg.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 11:50 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
>
>> I wonder if there is yet another missing case in the enumeration of
>> the previous patch:
>> Some commands are able to operate on GIT_OBJECT_DIR instead
>> of GIT_DIR (git repack?), which may not even explore the full git directory,
>> and so doesn't know about the hash value.
>
> ... because GIT_DIR/config is not known?  "repack" is not one of
> them, though---it needs to at least use refs as the starting point
> so a standalone OBJECT_DIR is insufficient.

Yes, I could have worded this as a question: Is there any command that operates on GIT_OBJECT_DIR without trying to discover GIT_DIR ?