Re: [PATCH v4 0/8] rev-list: implement object type filter

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 02:17:32AM +0100, Ramsay Jones wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 04:15:39PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> > 
> > > I think the only remaining issues are the comments on 5/8 on tests,
> > > then?  Hopefully we can have one more iteration to finalize the
> > > topic and merge it down to 'next'?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > 
> > I guess not.  I am guessing this topic is responsible for
> > 
> >   https://github.com/git/git/runs/2366364023?check_suite_focus=true#step:4:115
> 
> Yes, I noticed this a few days ago, and tried the obvious fix (ie to
> #include "cache.h" at the start of the list-objects-filter-options.h
> header file) which does indeed work fine. However, I then thought that
> moving the definition of 'enum object_type' (along with the TYPE_BITS
> #define) to the 'object.h' header file (and #include "object.h" into
> cache.h) would be a better idea...
> 
> Having done that, I wondered how many '#include "cache.h"' could be
> replaced by "object.h", and ... well, that was a few days ago and
> something came up...

I agree that would probably be nice, but let's not hold up the topic. It
can include "cache.h" like a bunch of other headers in the meantime.

(Too bad we can't just forward-declare the enum like we do for some
other types, but it's impossible in C).

-Peff