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Mon, 2 Nov 2026 04:21:18 -0500 (EST) From: Junio C Hamano To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: "Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget" , "D. Ben Knoble" , Harald Nordgren Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] object-name: explain why ~N fails in a shallow clone In-Reply-To: (Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget's message of "Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:55:59 +0000") References: Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2026 01:21:17 -0800 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain "Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget" writes: > From: Harald Nordgren > > Asking for a commit's ancestor with ~N in a shallow clone that > does not have N commits of history locally fails with a bare "is not > a commit" error, with no indication that the repository being shallow > is the reason, or what to do about it. > ... > Changes in v3: > > * Drop the git log -/--since extension entirely, per feedback that > last commit shown is an unreliable signal for a shallow boundary. > * Fix a bug for chained ^^^ where it would print the hint twice. We unfortunately haven't seen many folks interested in this change. Is anybody interested in reviewing the patch to give it a push? Unless we see some volunteers to give it a review in a few weeks, I will discard the topic out of my tree, as 'seen' has been crowded with topics that have been collecting dust without getting many reviews.