Re: [GSoC][PATCH 1/5] builtin/pack-refs: factor out core logic into a helper

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 3, 2025, 18:20 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqikhzfldi.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <aLfZflWT4618ptCA@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> Hm, okay. I still find it puzzling if the header file for
> "builtin/pack-refs.c" sits in "pack-refs.h" as it makes it very hard to
> connect these two. How would you reconcile that? By moving the shared
> logic into (non-"builtin/) "pack-refs.c"?

Yeah, if that is not happening, then the change is only half done, I would think.

Thanks.

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