On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 11:28:38AM -0700, Jonathan Tan wrote: > > This patch series removes the need to add submodule ODBs as alternates > in all codepaths covered by t7814. I believe that that is also all the > codepaths covered by "git grep", but if it isn't, the uncovered > codepaths will still work - they will just not benefit from the > performance improvements. > > In doing this work of migrating away from adding submodule ODBs as > alternates, I'm mainly motivated by the possibility of adding partial > clone submodule support, but this has benefits even for those who do not > use partial clones, as described in the documentation in patch 1. > > To reviewers: you can cherry-pick the last patch onto one of the earlier > ones to observe what happens when the code still accesses a submodule > object as if it were in the_repository. One note - I liked this tip, I think that is a useful thing for reviewers to see. Thanks. - Emily
