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

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 10:57:51 -0700

Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]> writes:

> ...  But that leads me to
> wonder into a different direction---coalesce (tag|tree|blob)_objects
> members into a single bit, say all_objects, have "--objects" and
> friends set that single bit, and update places like these to check
> that single bit.

Just to avoid misunderstanding, I am not saying this topic needs to
address any of this unifying of three bits.

It is just an idea for those interested to think about, when they
have nothing better to do, when the codebase is quiescent.