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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sha1-file: make pretend_object_file() not prefetch
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 16:27:15 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq4kq078ks.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200721225020.1352772-1-jonathantanmy@google.com> (Jonathan Tan's message of "Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:50:20 -0700")

Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> writes:

> When pretend_object_file() is invoked with an object that does not exist
> (as is the typical case), there is no need to fetch anything from the
> promisor remote, because the caller already knows what the object is
> supposed to contain. Therefore, suppress the fetch. (The
> OBJECT_INFO_QUICK flag is added for the same reason.)

Yes, "pretend" is also a way to lie about the contents IIRC, so even
if the object is available elsewhere, we should *not* fetch from the
promisor.  Makes sense to me.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-07-21 23:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-21 22:50 [PATCH] sha1-file: make pretend_object_file() not prefetch Jonathan Tan
2020-07-21 23:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-07-21 23:27 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2020-07-23 17:47   ` Jeff King
2020-07-23 18:06     ` Junio C Hamano

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