Re: [PATCH v3] sha1_file: do not add own object directory as alternate

[Ephrim Khong <dr.khong@gmail.com>]

On 15.07.2014 21:26, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> +	strbuf_addstr(&objdirbuf, absolute_path(get_object_directory()));
>> +	normalize_path_copy(objdirbuf.buf, objdirbuf.buf);
>
> This is somewhat a strange usage of a strbuf.

There might be a more elegant way, but I tried to mimic the local coding 
style and simply copied how the alternate paths were normalized. Let me 
know if you want this re-rolled without strbuf, otherwise I'll leave it 
as-is.

>> diff --git a/t/t7702-repack-cyclic-alternate.sh b/t/t7702-repack-cyclic-alternate.sh
>> new file mode 100755
>> index 0000000..8341d46
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/t/t7702-repack-cyclic-alternate.sh
>
> Do we really have to waste a new test file only for this test?

Absolutely not. I'll add it to 7700, which seems appropriate.