Re: [PATCH v4 05/25] midx: clear auxiliary .rev after replacing the MIDX

From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Aug 31, 2021, 16:43 UTC
Message-ID: <YS5cJjlV0Rkpu49n@nand.local>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqk0k1wp3x.fsf@gitster.g>

On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 09:33:38AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> I do not see the reasoning behind "should not be a blocker" from
> Derrick substantiated.  What's the reason why that raw object store
> cannot come from an existing repository, and what's the benefit we
> get from not having to have a repository there?

I also didn't find the reasoning spelled out in his response, but I have definitely had off-list discussions with Stolee where it was important to be able to pass a value to `--object-dir` which does *not* belong to a Git repository (but is used as a dumping ground for packs, a MIDX, and loose objects).

It may be worthwhile to recapitulate that discussion here on the list. (I'm hoping that Stolee won't mind filling in the details, since I seem to have forgotten most of them).

Thanks, Taylor