> > +static void object_info(const char *gitdir, const char *oid_hex) > > +{ > > + struct repository r; > > + struct object_id oid; > > + unsigned long size; > > + struct object_info oi = {.sizep = &size}; > > + const char *p; > > + > > + if (repo_init(&r, gitdir, NULL)) > > + die("could not init repo"); > > + if (parse_oid_hex(oid_hex, &oid, &p)) > > + die("could not parse oid"); > > + if (oid_object_info_extended(&r, &oid, &oi, 0)) > > + die("could not obtain object info"); > > + printf("%d\n", (int) size); > > +} > > Hmm. Is there a reason that the same couldn't be implemented by calling "git > cat-file -s" from the partial clone? I don't think "git cat-file" (when run in the superproject) by itself can access an object from a submodule. "git -C name_of_submodule cat-file $HASH" would access that object, but I specifically want to test oid_object_info_extended() on a repo that is not the_repository (which would not work with -C, because the_repository would then be the submodule). > > +test_expect_success 'lazy-fetch when accessing object not in the_repository' ' > > + rm -rf full partial.git && > > + test_create_repo full && > > + printf 12345 >full/file.txt && > > + git -C full add file.txt && > > + git -C full commit -m "first commit" && > > This is a stylistic nit, but I think using test_commit is better here > for a non-superficial reason. My guess is that you wanted to avoid > specifying a message and file (which are required positional arguments > to test_commit before you can specify the contents). But I think there > are two good reasons to use test_commit here: > > - It saves three lines of test script here. > - You don't have to make the expected size a magic number (i.e., > because you knew ahead of time that the contents was "12345"). > > I probably would have expected this test to end with: > > git -C full cat-file -s $FILE_HASH >expect && > git -C partial.git cat-file -s $FILE_HASH >actual && > test_cmp expect actual > > which reads more clearly to me (although I think the much more important > test is that $FILE_HASH doesn't show up in the output of the rev-list > --missing=print that is run in the partial clone). That makes sense. > > + test_config -C full uploadpack.allowfilter 1 && > > + test_config -C full uploadpack.allowanysha1inwant 1 && > > + git clone --filter=blob:none --bare "file://$(pwd)/full" partial.git && > > + FILE_HASH=$(git hash-object --stdin <full/file.txt) && > > This works for me, although I wouldn't have been sad to see the > sub-shell contain "git -C full rev-parse HEAD:file.txt" instead. I'll do this too. > > + # Sanity check that the file is missing > > + git -C partial.git rev-list --objects --missing=print HEAD >out && > > + grep "[?]$FILE_HASH" out && > > + > > + OUT=$(test-tool partial-clone object-info partial.git "$FILE_HASH") && > > Coming back to my point about the utility of the partial-clone helper, > could this be replaced by saying just OUT="$(git -C partial.git cat-file > -s "$FILE_HASH")" instead? > > Thanks, > Taylor Same answer as above - I specifically want to test accessing (and thereby lazy-fetching) an object when the object is not in the_repository. I'll add some documentation to explain what it does and that it's equivalent to using "git -C repo cat-file -s", except that this specifically tests another code path.