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From: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
To: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>,
	Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: me@ttaylorr.com, newren@gmail.com, gitster@pobox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] repository: create read_replace_refs setting
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2023 15:52:40 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <31962d5e-b14f-86b1-8428-de29650d89ee@github.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <68fd5ca2-a6c2-d742-5d74-ba93c1497169@github.com>

On 6/1/2023 12:36 PM, Victoria Dye wrote:
> Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:
>> From: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>

>> Unfortunately, the existing processes that recurse into submodules do
>> not appear to follow object IDs to their contents, so this behavior
>> change is not visible in the current implementation. It is something
>> valuable for future behavior changes.
> 
> AFAIK, the only '--recurse-submodules' commands that recurse in-process are
> 'ls-files' and 'grep'. However, 'grep' does call 'parse_object_or_die()',
> which (further down in the call stack) calls 'lookup_replace_object()'.
> Maybe I'm misreading and the replaced object isn't actually used, but could
> 'git grep --recurse-submodules' be used to test this?

You're right. I was laser-focused on 'ls-files', but it shouldn't be hard
to construct an example where 'git grep --recurse-submodules' would show
different behavior when this config is toggled.

>> +	/*
>> +	 * Do replace refs need to be checked this run?  This variable is
>> +	 * initialized to true unless --no-replace-object is used or
>> +	 * $GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS is set, but is set to false by some
>> +	 * commands that do not want replace references to be active.
>> +	 */
>> +	int read_replace_refs;
> 
> I don't think this comment is accurate anymore, since the repo-scoped
> 'read_replace_refs' value is determined *only* by the 'core.usereplacerefs'
> config. It's 'replace_refs_enabled()' that makes the overall determination
> (taking into account 'GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS'/'--no-replace-object').

Thank you for catching my mistake here. I'll be sure to update it in v2.

Thanks,
-Stolee


  reply	other threads:[~2023-06-01 19:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-26 18:43 [PATCH 0/3] Create stronger guard rails on replace refs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-05-26 18:43 ` [PATCH 1/3] repository: create disable_replace_refs() Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-05-31  4:41   ` Elijah Newren
2023-05-31 13:37     ` Derrick Stolee
2023-06-01 17:47       ` Jeff King
2023-06-03  0:28         ` Junio C Hamano
2023-06-04  6:32           ` Jeff King
2023-06-01  5:23   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-06-01 16:35   ` Victoria Dye
2023-05-26 18:43 ` [PATCH 2/3] replace-objects: create wrapper around setting Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-06-01 16:35   ` Victoria Dye
2023-06-01 19:50     ` Derrick Stolee
2023-06-03  1:47       ` Elijah Newren
2023-06-05 15:44         ` Derrick Stolee
2023-05-26 18:43 ` [PATCH 3/3] repository: create read_replace_refs setting Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-06-01 16:36   ` Victoria Dye
2023-06-01 19:52     ` Derrick Stolee [this message]
2023-05-31  5:11 ` [PATCH 0/3] Create stronger guard rails on replace refs Elijah Newren
2023-06-02 14:29 ` [PATCH v2 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-06-02 14:29   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] repository: create disable_replace_refs() Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-06-02 14:29   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] replace-objects: create wrapper around setting Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-06-03  6:22     ` René Scharfe
2023-06-05 13:22       ` Derrick Stolee
2023-06-02 14:29   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] repository: create read_replace_refs setting Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-06-05 19:32     ` Victoria Dye
2023-06-03  1:52   ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Create stronger guard rails on replace refs Elijah Newren
2023-06-06 13:24   ` [PATCH v3 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-06-06 13:24     ` [PATCH v3 1/3] repository: create disable_replace_refs() Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-06-06 13:24     ` [PATCH v3 2/3] replace-objects: create wrapper around setting Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-06-06 13:24     ` [PATCH v3 3/3] repository: create read_replace_refs setting Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-06-06 16:15     ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Create stronger guard rails on replace refs Victoria Dye
2023-06-12 20:45     ` Junio C Hamano

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