Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] packed-backend: extract snapshot allocation in `load_contents`

From: Patrick Steinhardt <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 10:37:03 +0200

On Sun, May 11, 2025 at 10:01:50PM +0800, shejialuo wrote:
> "load_contents" would choose which way to load the content of the
> "packed-refs". However, we cannot directly use this function when
> checking the consistency due to we don't want to open the file. And we
> also need to reuse the logic to avoid causing repetition.
> 
> Let's create a new helper function "allocate_snapshot_buffer" to extract
> the snapshot allocation logic in "load_contents" and update the
> "load_contents" to align with the behavior.
> 
> Suggested-by: Jeff King <[email-masked]>
> Suggested-by: Patrick Steinhardt <[email-masked]>

Huh. Are you sure I suggested this? :) I cannot remember at least.

That being said, the change looks sensible.

Patrick