Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] bundle: generate packfiles via the object database

On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 07:19:45AM -0400, Karthik Nayak wrote:
> Patrick Steinhardt <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> > 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.
> >
> > This makes the pack generator the single spawn point for all pack
> > streams that leave the repository, leaving only local maintenance tasks
> > like git-repack(1) with direct knowledge of git-pack-objects(1).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  builtin/bundle.c | 10 +-------
> >  bundle.c         | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
> >  bundle.h         |  3 +--
> >  3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/builtin/bundle.c b/builtin/bundle.c
> > index bfafadc984..de86e092a6 100644
> > --- a/builtin/bundle.c
> > +++ b/builtin/bundle.c
> > @@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ static int parse_options_cmd_bundle(int argc,
> >
> >  static int cmd_bundle_create(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
> >  			     struct repository *repo UNUSED) {
> 
> This '{' should be on the next line, but that's not on you :)

I can sneak in a small fixup. Doesn't hurt, I guess.

Patrick