Re: [PATCH 01/10] loose_object_info(): BUG() on inflating content with unknown type

> It really makes me wonder if this "unknown type" stuff has any value
> at all. You can create an object with any type using "hash-object
> --literally -t". And you can ask about its type and size. But you can
> never retrieve the object content! Nor can you pack it or transfer it,
> since packs use a numeric type field.
>
> This code was added ~2015, but I don't think anybody built more on top
> of it. I wonder if we should just consider it a failed experiment and
> rip out the support.