Re: [PATCH 0/2] builtin/clone: allow remote helpers to detect repo

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 27, 2024, 21:33 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqh6htpp6k.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqcyshr5em.fsf@gitster.g>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> this patch series addresses a regression reported by Mike in Git v2.44
>> where remote helpers cannot access the Git repository anymore when
>> running git-clone(1).
>> ...
>>  builtin/clone.c            | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  refs/reftable-backend.c    |  1 +
>
> Sorry, but this confuses me.  Was a regression really in v2.44.0,
> where refs/reftable-backend.c did not even exist?  If so why does a
> fix for it need to touch that file?
>
> Thanks.

I guess [2/2] alone is the fix to be applied directly on top of v2.44.0 and eventually be merged to 'maint' to become v2.44.1 release, while [1/2] is necessary to adjust reftable backend when such a fix is merged to more recent codebase that already has the reftable backend?