From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:54:55 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] builtin/receive-pack: read unpack limit config lazily
Message-ID: <xmqqzeyt6ets.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20260809190106.1565882-4-jltobler@gmail.com>

Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com> writes:

> +static int get_unpack_limit(struct repository *repo)
> +{
> +	static int limit = -1;
> +
> +	if (limit < 0) {
> +		int receive_limit = -1;
> +		int transfer_limit = -1;
> +
> +		repo_config_get_int(repo, "receive.unpacklimit",
> +				    &receive_limit);
> +		repo_config_get_int(repo, "transfer.unpacklimit",
> +				    &transfer_limit);
> +
> +		if (receive_limit >= 0)
> +			limit = receive_limit;
> +		else if (transfer_limit >= 0)
> +			limit = transfer_limit;
> +		else
> +			limit = 100;
> +	}
> +
> +	return limit;
> +}

I am not sure whether this is progress.

A function that defines a 'static int' internally and sets it only
once is akin to using a global variable.  I wonder whether it would
be too much work to add a new member to either 'repo->settings' or
'repo->config_values' to make the setting truly per-repository.