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Re: [PATCH] doc: pack-objects: clarify --missing option

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Aug 8, 2024, 07:48 UTC
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On Thu, Aug 08, 2024 at 02:21:20PM +0800, Han Young wrote:
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> Since ee47243d76 (pack-objects: no fetch when allow-{any,promisor},
> 2020-08-05), we mention that --missing=allow-any and --missing=allow-promisor
> do not fetch missing objects. But this is only true for missing objects
> that are discovered during object traversal. We will still fetch
> missing objects read from stdin.

I have to wonder whether this is intentional or a bug. It rather feels like the latter to me. Let me Cc Chris, who has written most of the infra of this feature.

Patrick
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