Re: [RFC PATCH v2 4/4] fetch: do not list refs if fetching only hashes

[Stefan Beller]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 12:24 PM Jonathan Tan <jonathanta...@google.com> wrote:
>
> If only hash literals are given on a "git fetch" command-line, tag
> following is not requested, and the fetch is done using protocol v2, a
> list of refs is not required from the remote. Therefore, optimize by
> invoking transport_get_remote_refs() only if we need the refs.
>

Makes sense

> +
> +               /*
> +                * We can avoid listing refs if all of them are exact
> +                * OIDs
> +                */
> +               must_list_refs = 0;
> +               for (i = 0; i < rs->nr; i++) {
> +                       if (!rs->items[i].exact_sha1) {
> +                               must_list_refs = 1;
> +                               break;
> +                       }
> +               }

This seems to be a repeat pattern, Is it worth it to encapsulate it
as a function in transport or refs?

  int must_list_refs(struct ref **to_fetch)
  {
    // body as the loop above
  }