Hi, On Fri, 25 Jul 2008, Björn Steinbrink wrote: > On 2008.07.24 22:21:14 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Reading get_data_from_pack(), it does rely on hdr_size, idx.offset and > > idx.offset of the next entry to be set correctly. The function does > > not seem to use type (which the patch is also setting) nor real_type > > (which the patch does not set). > > type is used in get_base_data(). > > > However, the code checks objects[nth].real_type all over the place in > > the code. Doesn't the lack of real_type assignment in > > append_obj_to_pack() affect them in any way? > > I had thought that resolve_delta() would set that, but it seems that we > never call that function like that. Hm... So, let's add the comment as Nico suggested, and set real_type, too? (And it would be smashing if you could verify that the type is indeed correctly set to non-delta...) I think that setting real_type is necessary to have less surprises when the code is extended in the future. Thanks, Dscho