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Re: [PATCH v2] multi-pack-index: fix *.rev cleanups with --object-dir

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Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date
Aug 23, 2021, 17:09 UTC
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On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 07:05:31PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
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> On Mon, 2021-08-23 at 12:06 -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> > I'm not entirely convinced that writing a midx when not "inside" a repo
> > is something that we want to support. But if we do, then...
>
> Seemed like that was the point of --object-dir?

Stolee (cc'd) would know more as the original author, but as I recall the point of `--object-dir` was to be able to write a midx in directories which were acting as Git repositories, but didn't contain a `.git` directory.

It's kind of a strange use-case, but I recall that it was important at the time. Maybe he could shed more light on why. (Either way, we're stuck with it ;)).

Thanks, Taylor

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  1. multi-pack-index: fix *.rev cleanups with --object-dirJohannes Berg, Aug 23, 2021
  2. Jeff KingAug 23, 2021
  3. Johannes BergAug 23, 2021
  4. Taylor BlauAug 23, 2021
  5. Jeff KingAug 23, 2021
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2021
  7. Derrick StoleeAug 23, 2021

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