Merge tag 'v2.25.0-rc0' into git-po-master

Git 2.25-rc0

* tag 'v2.25.0-rc0': (531 commits)
  Git 2.25-rc0
  sparse-checkout: improve OS ls compatibility
  dir.c: use st_add3() for allocation size
  dir: consolidate similar code in treat_directory()
  dir: synchronize treat_leading_path() and read_directory_recursive()
  dir: fix checks on common prefix directory
  t4015: improve coverage of function context test
  commit: forbid --pathspec-from-file --all
  t3434: mark successful test as such
  notes.h: fix typos in comment
  t6030: don't create unused file
  t5580: don't create unused file
  t3501: don't create unused file
  bisect--helper: convert `*_warning` char pointers to char arrays.
  The sixth batch
  fix-typo: consecutive-word duplications
  Makefile: drop GEN_HDRS
  built-in add -p: show helpful hint when nothing can be staged
  built-in add -p: only show the applicable parts of the help text
  built-in add -p: implement the 'q' ("quit") command
  ...

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index 094c2f8ea4..0781763b06 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -233,6 +233,13 @@ static void repack_promisor_objects(const struct pack_objects_args *args,
 		/*
 		 * pack-objects creates the .pack and .idx files, but not the
 		 * .promisor file. Create the .promisor file, which is empty.
+		 *
+		 * NEEDSWORK: fetch-pack sometimes generates non-empty
+		 * .promisor files containing the ref names and associated
+		 * hashes at the point of generation of the corresponding
+		 * packfile, but this would not preserve their contents. Maybe
+		 * concatenate the contents of all .promisor files instead of
+		 * just creating a new empty file.
 		 */
 		promisor_name = mkpathdup("%s-%s.promisor", packtmp,
 					  line.buf);
@@ -562,7 +569,7 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	remove_temporary_files();
 
 	if (git_env_bool(GIT_TEST_MULTI_PACK_INDEX, 0))
-		write_midx_file(get_object_directory());
+		write_midx_file(get_object_directory(), 0);
 
 	string_list_clear(&names, 0);
 	string_list_clear(&rollback, 0);