From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:32:01 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] git-add --intent-to-add (-N)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.62.0808220015190.11259@harper.uchicago.edu>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.1.00.0808220023170.19665@iabervon.org>

Daniel Barkalow wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
[...]
> > 	$ git add -N a
> > 	$ git commit
> > 	error: invalid object e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
> > 	error: Error building trees
> > 
> > I think the first error comes from update_one, which creates a tree
> > object from the index.  It is complaining, because after all, that
> > object is not in any sha1 file.
> 
> I think [1/3] was supposed to make this not an issue, with that particular 
> object being implicitly in all objects databases.

Wait, is [1/3] meant to create that strong of an illusion?  That is,
should has_sha1_file pretend the object is present, too?

Jonathan