Re: [PATCH v5 0/6] cat-file: add --batch-command remote-object-info command

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 28, 2022, 23:56 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqo7x8aj1b.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20220728230210.2952731-1-calvinwan@google.com>

Calvin Wan <calvinwan@google.com> writes:

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> Sometimes it is useful to get information about an object without having
> to download it completely. The server logic has already been implemented
> as “a2ba162cda (object-info: support for retrieving object info,
> 2021-04-20)”. This patch implements the client option for it.
>
> Add `--object-info` option to `cat-file --batch-command`. This option
> allows the client to make an object-info command request to a server
> that supports protocol v2. If the server is v2, but does not allow for
> the object-info command request, the entire object is fetched and the
> relevant object info is returned.

Thanks. Since this has changed significantly enough to render range-diff less useful, I think a fresh round of full review may be needed. I'll use a more recent tip of 'master' as the base when I queue these patches.