Re: [PATCH v5 08/10] sha1_file: support lazily fetching missing objects

> diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
> index 10c3a00..fc7718a 100644
> --- a/sha1_file.c
> +++ b/sha1_file.c
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
>  #include "mergesort.h"
>  #include "quote.h"
>  #include "packfile.h"
> +#include "fetch-object.h"
>
>  const unsigned char null_sha1[GIT_MAX_RAWSZ];
>  const struct object_id null_oid;
> @@ -1144,6 +1145,8 @@ static int sha1_loose_object_info(const unsigned char *sha1,
>         return (status < 0) ? status : 0;
>  }
>
> +int fetch_if_missing = 1;
> +
>  int sha1_object_info_extended(const unsigned char *sha1, struct object_info *oi, unsigned flags)
>  {
>         static struct object_info blank_oi = OBJECT_INFO_INIT;
> @@ -1152,6 +1155,7 @@ int sha1_object_info_extended(const unsigned char *sha1, struct object_info *oi,
>         const unsigned char *real = (flags & OBJECT_INFO_LOOKUP_REPLACE) ?
>                                     lookup_replace_object(sha1) :
>                                     sha1;
> +       int already_retried = 0;
>
>         if (!oi)
>                 oi = &blank_oi;
> @@ -1176,28 +1180,36 @@ int sha1_object_info_extended(const unsigned char *sha1, struct object_info *oi,
>                 }
>         }
>
> -       if (!find_pack_entry(real, &e)) {
> -               /* Most likely it's a loose object. */
> -               if (!sha1_loose_object_info(real, oi, flags))
> -                       return 0;
> +retry:
> +       if (find_pack_entry(real, &e))
> +               goto found_packed;
>
> -               /* Not a loose object; someone else may have just packed it. */
> -               if (flags & OBJECT_INFO_QUICK) {
> -                       return -1;
> -               } else {
> -                       reprepare_packed_git();
> -                       if (!find_pack_entry(real, &e))
> -                               return -1;
> -               }
> +       /* Most likely it's a loose object. */
> +       if (!sha1_loose_object_info(real, oi, flags))
> +               return 0;
> +
> +       /* Not a loose object; someone else may have just packed it. */
> +       reprepare_packed_git();
> +       if (find_pack_entry(real, &e))
> +               goto found_packed;
> +
> +       /* Check if it is a missing object */
> +       if (fetch_if_missing && repository_format_partial_clone &&
> +           !already_retried) {
> +               fetch_object(repository_format_partial_clone, real);
> +               already_retried = 1;
> +               goto retry;
>         }
>
> +       return -1;
> +
> +found_packed:
>         if (oi == &blank_oi)
>                 /*
>                  * We know that the caller doesn't actually need the
>                  * information below, so return early.
>                  */
>                 return 0;
> -
>         rtype = packed_object_info(e.p, e.offset, oi);
>         if (rtype < 0) {
>                 mark_bad_packed_object(e.p, real);