Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] bundle: generate packfiles via the object database

On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 04:52:05PM -0500, Justin Tobler wrote:
> On 26/08/17 07:39AM, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> > git-bundle(1) spawns git-pack-objects(1) directly to generate the pack
> > data that gets appended to the bundle header. While bundles are not
> > part of the wire protocol, they are a transfer mechanism for packs all
> > the same, so convert them to use the pack generation interface of the
> > object database as well.
> 
> Just to clarify, so the intent here is that git-bundle(1) can be used
> one a repository using a different ODB backend and still generate a
> bundle correct? The bundle would still ultimately use a packfile as the
> common language format though.

Yes, exactly. The bundle format would of course remain completely unchanged.

Patrick