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| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/index-pack.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c index f8f1b48e56..aee33ae6a8 100644 --- a/builtin/index-pack.c +++ b/builtin/index-pack.c @@ -888,18 +888,15 @@ static void sha1_object(const void *data, struct object_entry *obj_entry, } /* - * Walk from current node up - * to top parent if necessary to deflate the node. In normal - * situation, its parent node would be already deflated, so it just - * needs to apply delta. + * Ensure that this node has been reconstructed and return its contents. * - * In the worst case scenario, parent node is no longer deflated because - * we're running out of delta_base_cache_limit; we need to re-deflate - * parents, possibly up to the top base. - * - * All deflated objects here are subject to be freed if we exceed - * delta_base_cache_limit, just like in find_unresolved_deltas(), we - * just need to make sure the last node is not freed. + * In the typical and best case, this node would already be reconstructed + * (through the invocation to resolve_delta() in threaded_second_pass()) and it + * would not be pruned. However, if pruning of this node was necessary due to + * reaching delta_base_cache_limit, this function will find the closest + * ancestor with reconstructed data that has not been pruned (or if there is + * none, the ultimate base object), and reconstruct each node in the delta + * chain in order to generate the reconstructed data for this node. */ static void *get_base_data(struct base_data *c) { |