Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] odb/source: support writing alternates when creating the database

> On 26/08/31 12:02PM, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> > +struct odb_create_on_disk_options {
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Alternates that shall be written into the newly created object
> > +	 * database. Whether or not this option can be handled is specific to
> > +	 * the backend.
> > +	 */
> > +	const struct strvec *alternates;
> > +};
> 
> So ODB interface here still exposes a way to signal alternates to the
> backend, but an alternative backend may not actually use alternates at
> all. Out of curiousity, does this mean git-clone(1) options such as
> "--shared" should only be allowed to work with the "files" backend? Or
> should the expected behavior of such options just be backend specific?