From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2023 17:30:33 GMT
Subject: Re: index.skipHash doesn't work with split index, was Re: Bug Report
Message-ID: <xmqqttui1d1i.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <3b9165a7-e37e-f429-bbcb-1b95aa9731fc@gmx.de>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> The reason why this is needed is that the shared index _must_ have an
> identifer that the split index can use, and that's that index hash.
> Skipping it breaks that pattern.

A very good summary.