Re: [PATCH 1/1] bundle verify: error out if called without an object database

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 28, 2019, 21:09 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqy32qz3pp.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190528210428.GE24650@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> So I guess you are asking only about the part that I dismissed above as
> "not all that interesting". I.e., do people actually run:
>
>   git bundle verify foo.bundle &&
>   git clone foo.bundle
>
> That is not nonsense, per-se, but it is somewhat pointless since the
> clone will verify the bundle itself anyway. But then, I guess I do not
> see much point in anyone calling "bundle verify" in the first place.

Yeah, I tend to agree that 'bundle verify' is pointless before trying to clone from it and seeing it fail (it still would be useful if 'bundle verify' gives more info on the breakage than 'clone', but it is not all that interesting at that point unless the user is working on git itself).