Re: [PATCH] index-pack: correctly initialize appended objects

["Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>]

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> 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.

The patch looks correct, but it should set real_type too because
I'm pretty sure we use that when we unpack the delta base again if
it was pruned out of memory.

-- 
Shawn.