Re: [PATCH 0/2] Avoid rewriting "packed-refs" unnecessarily

[Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>]

On 10/25/2017 10:10 PM, Eric Sunshine wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 5:53 AM, Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> Since commit dc39e09942 (files_ref_store: use a transaction to update
>> packed refs, 2017-09-08), we've been rewriting the `packed-refs` file
>> unnecessarily when deleting a loose reference that has no packed
>> counterpart. Add some tests demonstrating this problem, then fix it by
>> teaching `files_backend` to see whether any references being deleted
>> have packed versions, and if not, skipping the packed_refs
>> transaction.
>>
>> This is a mild regression since 2.14, which avoided rewriting the
>> `packed-refs` file in these cases [...]
> 
> Should the above information (that this fixes a regression) be
> mentioned in the commit message of at least one of the patches
> (probably 2/2)? Without such context, it may not be clear to someone
> later reading those commit message -- someone who wasn't following
> this email discussion -- that this behavior had been lost and is now
> being restored.

Yes, that's a good idea. I'll send a re-roll with that change.

Michael