mktree: do not check type of remote objects

With 31c8221 (mktree: validate entry type in input, 2009-05-14), we
called the sha1_object_info() API to obtain the type information, but
allowed the call to silently fail when the object was missing locally,
so that we can sanity-check the types opportunistically when the
object did exist.

The implementation is understandable because back then there was no
lazy/on-demand downloading of individual objects from the promisor
remotes that causes a long delay and materializes the object, hence
defeating the point of using "--missing".  The design is hurting us
now.

We could bypass the opportunistic type/mode consistency check
altogether when "--missing" is given, but instead, use the
oid_object_info_extended() API and tell it that we are only interested
in objects that locally exist and are immediately available by passing
OBJECT_INFO_SKIP_FETCH_OBJECT bit to it.  That way, we will still
retain the cheap and opportunistic sanity check for local objects.

Signed-off-by: Richard Oliver <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: Richard Oliver

builtin/mktree.c

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ static void mktree_line(char *buf, int nul_term_line, int allow_missing)
 	unsigned mode;
 	enum object_type mode_type; /* object type derived from mode */
 	enum object_type obj_type; /* object type derived from sha */
+	struct object_info oi = OBJECT_INFO_INIT;
 	char *path, *to_free = NULL;
 	struct object_id oid;
 
@@ -116,8 +117,14 @@ static void mktree_line(char *buf, int nul_term_line, int allow_missing)
 			path, ptr, type_name(mode_type));
 	}
 
-	/* Check the type of object identified by sha1 */
-	obj_type = oid_object_info(the_repository, &oid, NULL);
+	/* Check the type of object identified by oid without fetching objects */
+	oi.typep = &obj_type;
+	if (oid_object_info_extended(the_repository, &oid, &oi,
+				     OBJECT_INFO_LOOKUP_REPLACE |
+				     OBJECT_INFO_QUICK |
+				     OBJECT_INFO_SKIP_FETCH_OBJECT) < 0)
+		obj_type = -1;
+
 	if (obj_type < 0) {
 		if (allow_missing) {
 			; /* no problem - missing objects are presumed to be of the right type */