> When cloning a repository with a tagged blob (like the Git repository) > with --filter=blob:none, the following message appears: > > error: missing object referenced by 'refs/tags/junio-gpg-pub' > > and the resulting repository also fails fsck. > > Patch 1 fixes the protocol documentation and the server side of Git, and > patch 2 makes clone error out when such a situation occurs. > > An argument could be made that we should not merge patch 2 just yet due > to the fact that some server implementations (such as Git and JGit) > still exhibit the old behavior, and the resulting clones (albeit failing > fsck) are still usable, because when attempting to load the blob, Git > will automatically fetch it. I'm on the fence about this, and have > included patch 2 in this patch set nevertheless for completeness. > > Jonathan Tan (2): > upload-pack: send refs' objects despite "filter" > clone: check connectivity even if clone is partial Forgot to mention: this patch set is based on bw/ref-in-want because I needed its one-time-sed functionality.
