On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 03:28:47PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "brian m. carlson" <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Yeah, this is a possible problem. You can also see it when using git > > index-pack outside of a repository with an incorrect --object-format > > option. > > > > I'm not sure how folks want to deal with that; I'm just fine saying, > > "Well, don't do that," but other folks may have different opinions. > > OK, so if we go back to the original breakage of the test script > that triggered this discussion, the right solution would be to make > sure both test repositories/object stores are prepared with the > algorithm specified with GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_HASH? Just to make sure do you still see this as a separate issue from running the midx builtin outside of a repository? I.e., if we require the midx builtin to be run in a repository, it side-steps this issue (but presumably not completely, and so we should deal with both eventually). I want to make sure that I'm on the same page before I drop 25+ emails on the list. Thanks, Taylor
