From: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:28:21 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/13] refs: expose peeled object ID via the iterator
Message-ID: <CAOLa=ZSF25OG2T5cXtYArVxEqr-jRcMnha_yENTMnsG8sZ+6=A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <aOZq3HlVV7tF4VSJ@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> On Tue, Oct 07, 2025 at 07:52:43AM -0700, Karthik Nayak wrote:
>> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
>>
>> > Both the "files" and "reftable" backend are able to store peeled values
>> > for tags in the respective formats. This allows for a more efficient
>> > lookup of the target object of such a tag without having to manually
>> > peel via the object database.
>> >
>>
>> In the 'files' backend, I thought only packed-refs store peeled values?
>
> Yup, peeled values may or may not be available with the "files" backend,
> depending on whether or not a reference is packed. But the paragraph
> doesn't really contradict this, does it?
>
> Patrick

No it doesn't, was more rhetorical and self thought :)