Re: [PATCH v7] describe: refresh the index when 'broken' flag is used

[Abhijeet Sonar <abhijeet.nkt@gmail.com>]

On 27/06/24 00:55, Abhijeet Sonar wrote:
> I have a question:
> 
> Why does --dirty code path also not call git-update-index and instead does
> 
> 	setup_work_tree();
> 	prepare_repo_settings(the_repository);
> 	the_repository->settings.command_requires_full_index = 0;
> 	repo_read_index(the_repository);
> 	refresh_index(...);
> 	fd = repo_hold_locked_index(...);
> 	if (0 <= fd)
> 		repo_update_index_if_able(the_repository, &index_lock);
> 
> I assume they are equivalent?
> The commit which introduced this --
> bb571486ae93d02746c4bcc8032bde306f6d399a (describe: Refresh the index
> when run with --dirty) seems to be for the same objective as mu patch.
> 
> Is this something you would like to see addressed?
> 
> Thanks

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