Re: [PATCH GSoC v18 13/13] cat-file: make remote-object-info allow-list dynamic

From: Pablo Sabater <pabloosabaterr@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 16, 2026, 01:47 UTC
Message-ID: <DJZM80YDCMQG.SXP22P43W1J3@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqmrvrk9ge.fsf@gitster.g>

On Thu Jul 16, 2026 at 3:30 AM CEST, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> "Pablo Sabater" <pabloosabaterr@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> We can force "size" when only %(objectname) is requested so the
>> server validates the OID, and discard the size on the client side.
>>
>> Because this is a cheap fix, I'll add a NEEDSWORK for the existence
>> check to be done regardless of the attributes requested.
>
> Hmph, why NEEDSWORK?  Not doing so would mean that the result
> lacks correctness.  Why should the first version of this series
> deliberately produce an incorrect result?

I was trying to keep the scope of this series to client-side only.

But you are right, I'll add a prep commit in this series that fixes the behavior. no NEEDSWORK.

Thanks, Pablo

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