Re: [PATCH 09/10] object-name.c: don't have GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE imply *_QUIETLY
On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 5:47 PM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Stop having GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE imply GET_OID_QUIETLY in
> get_oid_with_context_1().
>
> The *_DIE flag was added in 33bd598c390 (sha1_name.c: teach lookup
> context to get_sha1_with_context(), 2012-07-02), and then later
> tweaked in 7243ffdd78d (get_sha1: avoid repeating ourselves via
> ONLY_TO_DIE, 2016-09-26).
>
> Everything in that commit makes sense, but only for callers that
> expect to fail in an initial call to get_oid_with_context_1(), e.g. as
> "git show 0017" does via handle_revision_arg(), and then would like to
> call get_oid_with_context_1() again via this
> maybe_die_on_misspelt_object_name() function.
>
> In the subsequent commit we'll add a new caller that excepts to call
> this only once, but who would still like to have all the error
> messaging that GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE gives it, in addition to any
> regular errors.
> Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>