From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 17:19:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] revision: ensure MERGE_HEAD is a ref in prepare_show_merge
Message-ID: <xmqq4jfe5xb1.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <ZaUYyEAdr4oTImL-@tanuki>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

>> Which would mean that we do not need a separate "other_head"
>> variable, and instead can use "MERGE_HEAD".
>
> There is no need for this, is there? We have already resolved the ref to
> an object ID, so why not use that via `add_pending_oid()`?

add_pending_oid() and its callees use the name only for human
consumption (e.g., in error messages), as they all already have the
object name.