Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] odb/source: support writing alternates when creating the database

[Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>]

On 26/08/31 12:02PM, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> +struct odb_create_on_disk_options {
> +	/*
> +	 * Alternates that shall be written into the newly created object
> +	 * database. Whether or not this option can be handled is specific to
> +	 * the backend.
> +	 */
> +	const struct strvec *alternates;
> +};

So ODB interface here still exposes a way to signal alternates to the
backend, but an alternative backend may not actually use alternates at
all. Out of curiousity, does this mean git-clone(1) options such as
"--shared" should only be allowed to work with the "files" backend? Or
should the expected behavior of such options just be backend specific?

-Justin