Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] odb: decouple source path comparisons from `the_repository`

[Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 01:21:13PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 11:13:57AM +0200, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> 
> > Fix this by making the comparison self-contained in the object
> > database. Instead of using `fspathhash()` and `fspatheq()` we resolve
> > "core.ignoreCase" manually and then use the correct comparison function
> > based on the result. This requires us to migrate to a `struct hashmap`,
> > as the khash interface does not give us the ability to change these
> > functions.
> 
> By the way, this bit about khash confused me. We can provide whatever
> hash and equality functions we want. But I'm guessing maybe the issue is
> that in the khash function interface khash expects, there's no extra
> "void *" parameter you can use to store the bit to tell you whether to
> be case insensitive or not?

Ah, yes, that's in fact what I wanted to convey. I'll clarify that a
bit.

Patrick