Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > When we are asked to peel a ref to a sha1, we internally call > deref_tag, which will recursively parse each tagged object > until we reach a non-tag. This has the benefit that we will > verify our ability to load and parse the pointed-to object. > > However, there is a performance downside: we may not need to > load that object at all (e.g., if we are listing peeled > simply listing peeled refs),... Both correct. I checked the existing callsites and nobody seems to assume that it can use the pointed-to object without checking because peel_ref has already checked, so it makes sense. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html