Re: using tree as attribute source is slow, was Re: Help troubleshoot performance regression cloning with depth: git 2.44 vs git 2.42

From: Dhruva Krishnamurthy <dhruvakm@gmail.com>
Date: May 2, 2024, 18:34 UTC
Message-ID: <CAKOHPAnoER5nNrTK=7O6UP11ri3Cx_fxFP5PjMeYgOsYOQNXBg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 10:44 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
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> > Instead, this patch changes the behavior to only fallback to "HEAD" in
> > bare repositories from check-attr, but leaves pack-objects, archive, and
> > all other builtins alone.
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> I thought the whole point of the exercise was to allow server-side
> (which typically is bare and cannot use anything from the working
> tree) to pay attention to the attributes.  This patch rips that out
> and piles even more new and unproven code on top?  I am not sure.

Yes, I am particularly interested in bare repositories (server/hosting side).