On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 08:11:18PM -0400, Jeff King wrote: > So yeah, I think it may just be a curiosity that nobody noticed and > bothered to optimize it. I am tempted to work the above into a proper > patch. We even do something similar already for the reflog expiration > variables. Oh, and in case it was not clear: this is all well off Taylor's original topic. Whatever we do (or don't do) should be its own series. -Peff