"ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: ZheNing Hu <adlternative@xxxxxxxxx> > > After cat-file reuses the ref-filter logic, we re-implement the > functions of --textconv and --filters options. > > Add members `use_textconv` and `use_filters` in struct `ref_format`, > and use global variables `use_filters` and `use_textconv` in > `ref-filter.c`, so that we can filter the content of the object > in get_object(). These global variables are problematic. The places that check them are quite isolated, and it makes me wonder why we cannot pass a format instance through the callchain down to get_object().