From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 23:51:08 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] index-pack: commit tree during outgoing link check
Message-ID: <xmqqseqwmn4j.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20241209202935.799059-1-jonathantanmy@google.com>

Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> writes:

> Copying and pasting the diagram for reference:
>
>  C   S
>   \ /
>    O
>
> I looked into this and I don't think that making O, C, and S have the
> same tree will make this fix testable. If they all had the same tree,
> whether we check S's tree or not doesn't matter, since that tree is
> already in a promisor pack (O and its tree was previously fetched from
> the promisor remote, and thus is in a promisor pack). (We are checking
> trees in order to repack them into promisor packs if necessary.)

I see; thanks.