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sha1_name.c: clarify what "fake" is for in find_short_object_filename()
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
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@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ static int find_short_object_filename(int len, const char *name, unsigned char *
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static struct alternate_object_database *fakeent;
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if (!fakeent) {
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/*
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* Create a "fake" alternate object database that
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* points to our own object database, to make it
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* easier to get a temporary working space in
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* alt->name/alt->base while iterating over the
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* object databases including our own.
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*/
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const char *objdir = get_object_directory();
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int objdir_len = strlen(objdir);
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int entlen = objdir_len + 43;

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