Re: [PATCH v3 13/23] ref-filter: get rid of mark_atom_in_object_info()

> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 08:08:54AM +0000, Olga Telezhnaya wrote:
>
>> Remove mark_atom_in_object_info() and create same logic
>> in terms of ref-filter style.
>
> This one is definitely a step in the right direction. In fact, this is
> what I would have expected to see in the beginning. It seems like this
> first half of the series really would benefit from being squashed into a
> few commits. I.e., I'd have expected to see the whole series looking
> something like:
>
>   - preparatory cleanup of ref-filter
>
>   - teach ref-filter any new atoms (or atom options) that cat-file knows
>     about but it doesn't
>
>   - convert cat-file to use ref-filter
>
> Most of what I've seen so far is basically that second step, but strung
> out along a bunch of commits. Can we compact it into a few commits that
> all make clear forward progress (by using "rebase -i" with "squash")?