From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 19:50:51 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "repository: pre-initialize hash algo pointer"
Message-ID: <xmqqfu5rtrhg.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79karK7MT_qpFyYfVkioeBsBHidGdC_QfisPmG1a4dQuk5A@mail.gmail.com>

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

> I wonder if there is yet another missing case in the enumeration of
> the previous patch:
> Some commands are able to operate on GIT_OBJECT_DIR instead
> of GIT_DIR (git repack?), which may not even explore the full git directory,
> and so doesn't know about the hash value.

... because GIT_DIR/config is not known?  "repack" is not one of
them, though---it needs to at least use refs as the starting point
so a standalone OBJECT_DIR is insufficient.