From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 10:07:03 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ref-filter: don't look for objects when outside of a repository
Message-ID: <xmqqwopdibeg.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20181116085602.GB20828@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> If you are arguing that even in a repo we should reject "authorname"
> early (just as we would outside of a repo), I could buy that.

Yup, that (and replace 'authorname' with anything that won't work
with missing objects) for consistency was what I meant.