Re: [PATCH v5 0/6] odb: make creation of object database pluggable

[Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com>]

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> Hi,
>
> when creating a new repository we create a couple of on-disk data
> structures for the object database. This includes the "objects/"
> directory hierarchy with "objects/info" and "objects/pack", which are
> specific to the backend.
>
> This patch series makes the creation of the on-disk data structures
> pluggable. While we continue to always create "objects/" regardless of
> the backend (it's required for a repository to be recognized as such),
> the other subdirectories are now created by the backend. This will allow
> other backends to plug in their own logic.
>
> The series starts with a small detour into the loose-object map. This
> detour is required so that we can defer initialization of the object
> database itself to a later point in time.
>
> The series is based on 9a0c4701dc (The 7th batch, 2026-07-22).
>
> Changes in v5:
>   - Remove a leftover formatting change.
>   - Fix a stale comment.
>   - Link to v4: https://patch.msgid.link/20260806-pks-odb-create-on-disk-v4-0-ba8b4fdd2e3c@pks.im

I'm completely happy with this version, thanks for bearing with me.

-- 
Cheers,
Toon