From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:48:29 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] commit-reach: parse commits in the given repository
Message-ID: <xmqqld91w0ia.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20260916134632.1424829-1-orestisflo@gmail.com>

Orestis Floros <orestisflo@gmail.com> writes:

> ...
> The latter used to be the only symptom. Before bb5da75d61 (commit: use
> commit graph in `lookup_commit_reference_gently()`, 2026-02-16) the
> initial lookup did not record commit-graph positions, so the walk simply
> failed to find the submodule commits in the superproject:
>
>     error: Could not read <commit>
>     Failed to merge submodule sub (commits don't follow merge-base)
>
> Pass the repository into both functions. git-fetch-pack(1) and
> git-upload-pack(1) keep passing `the_repository`.

That's reasonable.  It is a very welcome change that aligns with
recent libification efforts.

Will queue.

Thanks.