Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 11:50 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> I wonder if there is yet another missing case in the enumeration of >>> the previous patch: >>> Some commands are able to operate on GIT_OBJECT_DIR instead >>> of GIT_DIR (git repack?), which may not even explore the full git directory, >>> and so doesn't know about the hash value. >> >> ... because GIT_DIR/config is not known? "repack" is not one of >> them, though---it needs to at least use refs as the starting point >> so a standalone OBJECT_DIR is insufficient. > > Yes, I could have worded this as a question: > Is there any command that operates on GIT_OBJECT_DIR > without trying to discover GIT_DIR ? If somebody finds one that would be a good argument not to pursue the approach. Lack of response to the question would not amount to that much---it is possible all people who bothered to think of overlooked something obvious, though. "When I asked around nobody thought of a possibly way for this to cause breakages, so let's declare it is safe to do so and do it" is not how we want to do things X-<.
