Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add OBJECT_INFO_NO_FETCH_IF_MISSING flag

> In a review[1] of my "many promisor remotes" patch series[2] and in
> the following thread, it was suggested that a flag should be passed to
> tell oid_object_info_extended() that it should not fetch objects from
> promisor remotes if they are missing, instead of using the ugly
> fetch_if_missing global.
>
> It looks like the OBJECT_INFO_FOR_PREFETCH flag already exists but
> unfortunately conflates 2 separate things.
>
> This patch series introduces OBJECT_INFO_NO_FETCH_IF_MISSING to
> disambiguate the different meanings and then uses it instead of
> OBJECT_INFO_FOR_PREFETCH where it makes sense.
>
> 1: https://public-inbox.org/git/b4d69d2b-dc0d-fffb-2909-c54060fe9cd1@gmail.com/
> 2: https://public-inbox.org/git/20190409161116.30256-1-chriscool@tuxfamily.org/

>
> Christian Couder (2):
>   object-store: introduce OBJECT_INFO_NO_FETCH_IF_MISSING
>   sha1-file: use OBJECT_INFO_NO_FETCH_IF_MISSING
>
>  object-store.h | 9 +++++++--
>  sha1-file.c    | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)