Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/21] t/helper: remove dependency on `the_repository` in "oidtree"

From: Patrick Steinhardt <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 09:38:13 +0200

On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 06:27:51PM +0530, Ghanshyam Thakkar wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jun 2024, Patrick Steinhardt <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > The "oidtree" test helper sets up a Git repository, but this is really
> > only used such that `get_oid_hex()` can parse both SHA1 and SHA256
> > object hashes. The `struct oidtree` interface itself does not care at
> > all about the object hash of `the_repository`, and always asserts that
> > inserted object IDs have their hash algorithm set.
> > 
> > Stop initializing the repository and instead use `get_oid_hex_any()` to
> > parse object IDs for the "contains" action, like we already do when
> > parsing the "insert" action.
> 
> I think the motive of this patch is already achieved in
> 'gt/unit-test-oidtree'[1], if this is to be merged after that.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> [1]: https://github.com/git/git/commit/79d9e08db3a08c5a06e2633a39cd38b980e654f4
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Okay. I'll make sure to evict this patch once your patch series gets
merged down to "next". Thanks for the hint.

Patrick